Cardiac Manifestations in Patients with COVID-19: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), commonly affects the lungs, but the involvement of other organs, particularly the heart, is highly prevalent as has been reported in several studies. The overall aim of this review was to provide an in-depth description of the available literature related to the cardiac system and COVID-19 infection. It focuses on type and the frequency of cardiac manifestations, clinical parameters and cardiac biomarkers that support the prognosis of COVID-19 patients, and the cardiac adverse events and outcomes related to pharmacotherapy.

Methods

A scoping review was conducted searching Embase, PubMed, Epistomonikos, Medrxiv, BioRxiv databases, up to November 2020, for systematic reviews relevant to cardiac manifestations in adult COVID-19 pa

SUBMITTER: Peiris S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8757387 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature