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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
On-line version ISSN 1561-3046
Abstract
PAVON ROJAS, Alejandro Jarol et al. Cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 patients. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2021, vol.50, n.3 Epub Sep 01, 2021. ISSN 1561-3046.
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.
Keywords : SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; cardiovascular complications.