Possible Correlations between Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndromes and COVID-19
An outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in December 2019 became a major global concern in 2020. Since then, several articles analyzing the course, complications and mechanisms of the infection have appeared. However, there are very few papers explaining the possible correlations between COVID-19, athero...
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| description | An outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in December 2019 became a major global concern in 2020. Since then, several articles analyzing the course, complications and mechanisms of the infection have appeared. However, there are very few papers explaining the possible correlations between COVID-19, atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndromes. We performed an analysis of PubMed, Cochrane, Google Scholar, and MEDLINE databases. As of September 15, 2020, the results were as follows: for “COVID-19” and “cardiovascular system” we obtained 687 results; for “COVID-19” and “myocardial infarction” together with “COVID-19” and “acute coronary syndrome” we obtained 328 results; for “COVID-19” and “atherosclerosis” we obtained 57 results. Some of them did not fulfill the search criteria or concerned the field of neurology. Only articles written in English, German and Polish were analyzed for a total number of 432 papers. While the link between inflammatory response, COVID- 19 and atherosclerosis still remains unclear, there is evidence that suggests a more likely correlation between them. Practitioners’ efforts should be focused on the prevention of excessive inflammatory response and possible complications, while there are limited specific therapeutic options against SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, special attention should be paid to cardioprotection during the pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f7c3c453b234d6c8f6eac18077510ad2023-11-20T21:47:57ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832020-11-01911374610.3390/jcm9113746Possible Correlations between Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndromes and COVID-19Oliwia Grzegorowska0Jacek Lorkowski1Department of Cardiology, Independent Public Regional Hospital, 71-455 Szczecin, PolandDepartment of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Interior, 02-507 Warsaw, PolandAn outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in December 2019 became a major global concern in 2020. Since then, several articles analyzing the course, complications and mechanisms of the infection have appeared. However, there are very few papers explaining the possible correlations between COVID-19, atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndromes. We performed an analysis of PubMed, Cochrane, Google Scholar, and MEDLINE databases. As of September 15, 2020, the results were as follows: for “COVID-19” and “cardiovascular system” we obtained 687 results; for “COVID-19” and “myocardial infarction” together with “COVID-19” and “acute coronary syndrome” we obtained 328 results; for “COVID-19” and “atherosclerosis” we obtained 57 results. Some of them did not fulfill the search criteria or concerned the field of neurology. Only articles written in English, German and Polish were analyzed for a total number of 432 papers. While the link between inflammatory response, COVID- 19 and atherosclerosis still remains unclear, there is evidence that suggests a more likely correlation between them. Practitioners’ efforts should be focused on the prevention of excessive inflammatory response and possible complications, while there are limited specific therapeutic options against SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, special attention should be paid to cardioprotection during the pandemic.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/11/3746COVID-19SARS-CoV-2atherosclerosiscardiovascularacute coronary syndromeinflammation |
| spellingShingle | Oliwia Grzegorowska Jacek Lorkowski Possible Correlations between Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndromes and COVID-19 Journal of Clinical Medicine COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 atherosclerosis cardiovascular acute coronary syndrome inflammation |
| title | Possible Correlations between Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndromes and COVID-19 |
| title_full | Possible Correlations between Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndromes and COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Possible Correlations between Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndromes and COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Possible Correlations between Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndromes and COVID-19 |
| title_short | Possible Correlations between Atherosclerosis, Acute Coronary Syndromes and COVID-19 |
| title_sort | possible correlations between atherosclerosis acute coronary syndromes and covid 19 |
| topic | COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 atherosclerosis cardiovascular acute coronary syndrome inflammation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/11/3746 |
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