Cardiovascular involvement and manifestations of systemic Chikungunya virus infection: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the last three years, chikungunya virus disease has been spreading, affecting particularly the Americas, producing more than two million cases. In this setting, not only new disease-related epidemiological patterns have been found, but also new clinical findings have been reported by different research groups. These include findings on the cardiovascular system, including clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic alterations. No previous systemic reviews have been found in major databases about it.

Methods

We performed a systematic review looking for reports about cardiovascular compromise during chikungunya disease. Cardiac compromise is not so common in isolated episodes; but countries where chikungunya virus is an epidemic should be well informed

SUBMITTER: Alvarez MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5405794 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature