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COVID-19 and Cardiovascular diseases. Scoping review study
La Tunisie Medicale
|May 13, 2020
Summary
Patients with cardiovascular disease face a higher risk of severe COVID-19 and death. New heart damage during COVID-19 infection is linked to poor outcomes, necessitating further research.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Public Health
Background:
- COVID-19 frequently co-occurs with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases.
- Acute cardiac damage is a common complication during COVID-19 infection.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the risk of COVID-19 in individuals with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions.
- To identify and describe new cardiovascular manifestations arising from COVID-19.
Main Methods:
- A comprehensive scoping review of published research was conducted.
- PubMed was utilized as the primary database for literature retrieval.
Main Results:
- Cardiovascular disease patients exhibit increased COVID-19 risk, particularly severe forms, with a 5-10 times higher mortality rate.
- Acute myocardial damage, indicated by elevated cardiac troponins, affected 7-17% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
- New cardiac lesions in COVID-19 patients consistently correlated with a worse prognosis.
Conclusions:
- The COVID-19 pandemic presents a significant cardiovascular challenge.
- The prognostic implications of cardiac damage underscore the need for high-evidence research.
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