SARS-CoV-2-related cardiovascular complications in the tropics
Abstract One of the organs affected by SARS-CoV-2 is the heart. Cardiac manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 include acute coronary syndrome, endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis with pericardial effusion, heart failure, Takotsubo syndrome, arrhythmias, intra-ventricular thrombus formation, and cardiogen...
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| description | Abstract One of the organs affected by SARS-CoV-2 is the heart. Cardiac manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 include acute coronary syndrome, endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis with pericardial effusion, heart failure, Takotsubo syndrome, arrhythmias, intra-ventricular thrombus formation, and cardiogenic shock. If COVID-19 patients present with cardiac complications, they require thorough cardiologic work-up, including coronary angiography if myocardial infarction or Takotsubo syndrome is suspected. Since patients with prosthetic valves and those carrying devises are prone to experience cardiac complications from a SARS-CoV-2 infection, they require particular attention and surveillance. If myocarditis is suspected, the diagnosis should be established by cardiac MRI with contrast medium or endo-myocardial biopsy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-874dbfc543244119a2d1b96fdfdc170c2022-12-25T12:30:05ZengBMCTropical Medicine and Health1349-41472022-12-015011210.1186/s41182-022-00474-9SARS-CoV-2-related cardiovascular complications in the tropicsJosef Finsterer0Sounira Mehri1Neurology and Neurophysiology CenterBiochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, LR12ES05 “Nutrition-Functional Foods and Vascular Health”Abstract One of the organs affected by SARS-CoV-2 is the heart. Cardiac manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 include acute coronary syndrome, endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis with pericardial effusion, heart failure, Takotsubo syndrome, arrhythmias, intra-ventricular thrombus formation, and cardiogenic shock. If COVID-19 patients present with cardiac complications, they require thorough cardiologic work-up, including coronary angiography if myocardial infarction or Takotsubo syndrome is suspected. Since patients with prosthetic valves and those carrying devises are prone to experience cardiac complications from a SARS-CoV-2 infection, they require particular attention and surveillance. If myocarditis is suspected, the diagnosis should be established by cardiac MRI with contrast medium or endo-myocardial biopsy.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00474-9SARS-CoV-2COVID-19ArrhythmiasHeart failureMyocarditis |
| spellingShingle | Josef Finsterer Sounira Mehri SARS-CoV-2-related cardiovascular complications in the tropics Tropical Medicine and Health SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Arrhythmias Heart failure Myocarditis |
| title | SARS-CoV-2-related cardiovascular complications in the tropics |
| title_full | SARS-CoV-2-related cardiovascular complications in the tropics |
| title_fullStr | SARS-CoV-2-related cardiovascular complications in the tropics |
| title_full_unstemmed | SARS-CoV-2-related cardiovascular complications in the tropics |
| title_short | SARS-CoV-2-related cardiovascular complications in the tropics |
| title_sort | sars cov 2 related cardiovascular complications in the tropics |
| topic | SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Arrhythmias Heart failure Myocarditis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00474-9 |
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