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Amit Rastogi1, Prabhat Tewari1
1Department of Anaesthesiology, SGPGI, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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The COVID-19 pandemic impacts multiple organ systems, with 20-30% of hospitalized patients experiencing cardiovascular issues. Pre-existing heart conditions worsen COVID-19 severity and mortality, leading to myocardial damage and arrhythmias.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Pulmonology
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic, initially recognized for pulmonary effects, now demonstrates widespread organ system involvement.
- Cardiovascular complications are increasingly observed in COVID-19 patients, affecting 20-30% of those hospitalized.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the spectrum and mechanisms of cardiovascular involvement in COVID-19 patients.
- To assess the impact of pre-existing cardiac conditions on COVID-19 severity and outcomes.
Main Methods:
- Observational analysis of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
- Review of clinical data focusing on cardiovascular manifestations and patient history.
Main Results:
- Pre-existing cardiovascular disease significantly increases the risk of severe COVID-19 infection and mortality.
- Severe COVID-19 is associated with myocardial damage and various arrhythmias.
- Cardiovascular involvement can manifest as a wide spectrum, from asymptomatic cases to severe cardiovascular syndromes, and may appear even after recovery.
Conclusions:
- COVID-19 poses a significant threat to cardiovascular health, irrespective of initial pulmonary symptoms.
- Understanding the mechanisms of cardiac injury in COVID-19 is crucial for patient management and prognosis.
- Long-term cardiovascular surveillance is warranted for recovered COVID-19 patients due to the risk of delayed complications like cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias.
Abstract:
COVID-19 pandemic is mainly related with the pulmonary problems initially but now as the pandemic is growing it is observed that almost all organ systems of the body are affected. Up to 20-30% patients who are admitted in Covid hospitals are showing cardiovascular involvement. Severity of cardiovascular disease in a COVID-19 patient depends whether a patient is having pre-existing cardiac disease or not. Patients with pre-existing cardiac disease have more severe infection and associated mortality. Severe COVID-19 infection shows close association with myocardial damage and various arrythmias. The cardiovascular involvement occurs by either engagement directly with the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 or indirectly by the effect of inflammatory mediators which are generated as a result of viral-host response to infection. The COVID-19 disease is said to produce a wide spectrum of affliction ranging between even asymptomatic patient to Cardiovascular syndrome. Even after recovering from COVID-19 patients can reappear in the hospital with cardiomyopathies and arrythmias.
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