Cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 patients

• Main Authors: Alejandro Jarol Pavon-Rojas, Lisvan Cisnero-Reyes, Sergio Orlando Escalona-González, Osleidys Rojas-Silva, Carlos Julio Pérez-Pérez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: ECIMED 2021-07-01
• Series: Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
• Subjects: sars-cov-2; covid-19; complicaciones cardiovasculares.
• Online Access: http://www.revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/1145

Introduction: The COVID-19 typically presents as a lower respiratory tract infection. Among its various extrapulmonary manifestations is cardiovascular damage, and these are the ones that are most associated with morbidity and mortality. A search for scientific information was carried; resources were obtained from databases PubMed, PubMed Central, SciELO, Ebsco, ClinicalKey, and Scopus. The search strategies formulated were: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Cardiovascular complications; as well as its translations into the English language. Objective: To describe the cardiovascular complications in patients with the COVID-19. Development: There is a wide diversity of criteria in the scientific literature regarding cardiovascular damage in the context of COVID-19 infection. Frequently reported cardiovascular complications are acute myocardial injury, acute myocarditis, cardiac arrhythmias, acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, heart valve damage, venous thromboembolic disease, and shock. Conclusions: Cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 carriers were described. SARS-CoV-2 infection causes direct or indirect damage to the myocardium, heart valves and the rest of the cardiovascular system.