SARS-CoV-2 virus can not only damage the respiratory system but may also pose a threat to other organs, such as the heart or vessels. This review focuses on cardiovascular complications of COVID-19, including acute cardiac injury, arrhythmias, biomarkers, accompanying comorbidities and outcomes in patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The research was conducted on the databases: PubMed, Springer, ScienceDirect, UpToDate, Oxford Academic, Wiley Online Library, ClinicalKey. Fifty-six publications from 1 November 2020 till 15 August 2021 were included in this study. The results show that cardiac injury is present in about 1 in 4 patients with COVID-19 disease, and it is an independent risk factor, which multiplies the death rate several times in comparison to infected patients without myocardial injury. New-onset cardiac injury occurs in nearly every 10th patient of the COVID-19-suffering population. Comorbidities (such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes) severely deteriorate the outcome. Therefore, patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection should be carefully assessed in terms of cardiac medical history and possible cardiological complications.
【저자키워드】 Coronavirus disease 2019, Prognosis, troponin, cardiac injury, Cardiac complications, 【초록키워드】 COVID-19, Biomarkers, SARS-COV-2 infection, Infection, Comorbidity, cardiovascular disease, SARS-CoV-2 virus, diabetes, outcome, hypertension, Acute cardiac injury, myocardial injury, Research, Patient, complications, Respiratory system, disease, Arrhythmias, Injury, death rate, cardiovascular complication, Oxford, other organs, vessels, independent risk factor, library, diagnosed, conducted, occur, infected patient, cardiological, deteriorate, patients with COVID-19, patients with SARS-CoV-2, UpToDate, 【제목키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, cardiovascular, System,