Cardiovascular System during SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Maciej Koźlik, Adrianna Błahuszewska and Maciej Kaźmierski
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Maciej Koźlik: Department of Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease, Medical University of Silesia, 40-635 Katowice, Poland
Adrianna Błahuszewska: Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
Maciej Kaźmierski: Department of Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease, Medical University of Silesia, 40-635 Katowice, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-20

Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 virus can not only damage the respiratory system but may also pose a threat to other organs, such as the heart or vessels. This review focuses on cardiovascular complications of COVID-19, including acute cardiac injury, arrhythmias, biomarkers, accompanying comorbidities and outcomes in patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The research was conducted on the databases: PubMed, Springer, ScienceDirect, UpToDate, Oxford Academic, Wiley Online Library, ClinicalKey. Fifty-six publications from 1 November 2020 till 15 August 2021 were included in this study. The results show that cardiac injury is present in about 1 in 4 patients with COVID-19 disease, and it is an independent risk factor, which multiplies the death rate several times in comparison to infected patients without myocardial injury. New-onset cardiac injury occurs in nearly every 10th patient of the COVID-19-suffering population. Comorbidities (such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes) severely deteriorate the outcome. Therefore, patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection should be carefully assessed in terms of cardiac medical history and possible cardiological complications.

Keywords: coronavirus disease 2019; cardiac injury; troponin; cardiac complications; prognosis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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