[Cardiovascular disease after COVID-19 infection in elderly patients. Results of annual follow-up of a cohort of survivors].

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the cardiovascular system is well known in the acute phase, the cardiovascular impact of the elderly population surviving COVID-19 respiratory infection after 1 year of follow-up has not been sufficiently studied.

Methods

Observational registry of 240 elderly patients (75 years or older), consecutively admitted for COVID-19 respiratory infection and survivors of the same, between March 1 and April 30, 2020, at the Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real. The incidence of major cardiovascular events [MACE] (cardiovascular death [CD], acute coronary syndrome [ACS], cerebrovascular disease [CVD], venous thromboembolic disease [VTE] and heart failure [HF]) was prospectively analysed.

Results

The mean age w

SUBMITTER: Aguila-Gordo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585603 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature