Impact of cardiovascular risk profile on COVID-19 outcome. A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ongoing pandemic of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection has created a global emergency. Despite the infection causes a mild illness to most people, some patients are severely affected, demanding an urgent need to better understand how to risk-stratify infected subjects.

Design

This is a meta-analysis of observational studies evaluating cardiovascular (CV) complications in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and the impact of cardiovascular risk factors (RF) or comorbidities on mortality.

Methods

Data sources: PubMed, Scopus, and ISI from 1 December 2019 through 11 June 2020; references of eligible studies; scientific session abstracts; cardiology web sites. We selected studies reporting clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients with COVID-19

SUBMITTER: Sabatino J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7428172 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature