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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3194
Resumen
PAVON ROJAS, Alejandro Jarol; GONZALEZ, Sergio Orlando Escalona y CISNERO REYES, Lisvan. Physical mechanisms involved in cardiovascular damage of COVID-19 carriers. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.5 Epub 24-Nov-2020. ISSN 1561-3194.
Introduction:
COVID-19 is a new disease which provokes damage to human health, with direct impact on the cardiovascular system.
Objective:
to describe the pathophysiogenic mechanisms involved in the cardiovascular damage in COVID-19 patients.
Method:
a literature review was carried out, through articles retrieved in PubMed, SciELO, EBSCO and ClinicalKey, using 27 references.
Development:
different pathophysiogenic mechanisms are associated with cardiovascular damage in COVID-19 patients; among them direct myocardial injury, viral invasion of cardiomyocytes, alteration of myocardial supply-demand index, atheroma-plaque rupture and coronary thrombosis, systemic inflammation and electrolyte imbalances.
Conclusions:
determining the mechanisms involved in cardiovascular damage is a fundamental pillar as a preventive and screening strategy in COVID-19 patients. Inflammatory response, secondary hemodynamic changes to the viral process, as well as hypoxemia, are mechanisms of negative impact on cardiovascular health, leading to the development of acute cardiac injury.
Palabras clave : CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY.