[Cardiovascular disorders in patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has become a worldwide public health concern. Cardiovascular complications are relatively frequent, reaching 20% of COVID-19 patients and 43% of COVID-19 patients admitted in Intensive Care Unit. Cardiac injury mechanisms are multiple, including hyperinflammation, pro-coagulant and pro-thrombotic states, sepsis related cardiomyopathy, hypoxia in relation with lung severity, hemodynamic instability, cytokine storm, critically illness, direct myocardial insult by acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and stress cardiomyopathy. The authors report a narrative review about cardio-vascular complications and predictive factors of mortality in patients infected with COVID-19.