COVID-19 and Its Effects on Cardiovascular System
Adil Ashraf
*
Department of General Medicine, Command Hospital, Kolkata, India.
Avneesh Shukla
Hind Institute of Medical Science, Sitapur, UP, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reached pandemic levels in March 2020 and resulted in repeated waves of outbreaks around the world. Coronavirus disease 2019 has many systemic manifestations and major implications for the cardiovascular (CV) system.
Objective: To understand, summarize and analyze the impact of Covid 19 on CVS from previously published articles and literatures so that doctors and healthcare workers can identify various spectrums of CVS involvement by Covid 19.
Conclusion: COVID-19 has significant short and long term consequences Doctors should be well aware of the involvement of cardiovascular system (CVS) early detection and treatment.CVS CVS involment can occur in both Acute and Post acute phase hence Vaccination can prevent severe outcome.
Keywords: COVID-19, CVS involvement, ACS, myocarditis, thromboembolism, arrhythmias, CHF