Cardiovascular Manifestations of SARS CoV-2: A Review
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is a public health emergency of global concern. Besides the profound severe pulmonary damage, SARS-CoV-2 infection also causes a series of cardiovascular abnormalities, including myocardial injury, myocarditis and pericarditis, arrhythmia and cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and coagulation abnormalities. COVID-19 patients with preexisting cardiovascular diseases are often at a much higher risk of increased morbidity and mortality. Number of mechanisms have been postulated for SARS CoV-2-associated cardiovascular damage including direct myocardial injury, systemic inflammation, hypoxemia, coronary thrombosis and drug-induced cardiac damage. Special attention should be given towards patients of SARS CoV-2 with concurrent cardiovascular diseases. Knowledge of the injury caused by SARS CoV-2 to the cardiovascular system and the mechanisms behind it is of the utmost importance to reduce the morbidity and mortality of these patients by treating them in time.
How to cite this article:
Kumar N, Kumar S, Vardhan H, Lakhtakia L, Daga MK. Cardiovascular Manifestations of SARS CoV-2: A Review. J Adv Res Med 2020; 7(2): 1-10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2349.7181.202005
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