Myocardial injury and cardiovascular complications in COVID-19: a cohort study in severe and critical patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize myocardial injury and cardiovascular complications and their predictors in severe and critical COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

Methods

This was an observational cohort study of severe and critical COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Myocardial injury was defined as blood levels of cardiac troponin above the 99th percentile upper reference limit. Cardiovascular events considered were the composite of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, stroke, myocardial infarction, acute limb ischemia, mesenteric ischemia, heart failure and arrhythmia. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression or Cox proportional hazard models were used to determine predictors of myocardial injury.

Results

Of 567 patients

SUBMITTER: Neves APL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9986998 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature