Acute and Subclinical Myocardial Injury in COVID-19

Valentina L. Crudo; Ahmed I. Ahmed; Eilidh L. Cowan; Dipan J. Shah; Mouaz H. Al-Mallah; Maan Malahfji

doi:10.14797/mdcvj.1038

Acute and Subclinical Myocardial Injury in COVID-19

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal

Volume 17 (2021): Issue 5

By: Valentina L. Crudo , Ahmed I. Ahmed , Eilidh L. Cowan , Dipan J. Shah , Mouaz H. Al-Mallah and Maan Malahfji

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|Dec 2021

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic that, at the time of this writing, has led to 178,000,000 cases worldwide and more than 3,875,000 deaths. Cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 have become the focus of investigation after many hospitalized COVID-19 patients—with or without established cardiovascular disease—incurred clinical or subclinical myocardial injury, including isolated biomarker elevations, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, heart failure, myocarditis, and cardiogenic shock. In this review, we highlight the most recent evidence of the prevalence and potential etiologies of acute and subclinical myocardial injury in COVID-19 patients.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1038 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Sep 14, 2021

Accepted on: Oct 11, 2021

Published on: Dec 15, 2021

Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

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Keywords:

COVID-19,

coronavirus,

cardiovascular disease,

myocardial injury,

myocarditis

© 2021 Valentina L. Crudo, Ahmed I. Ahmed, Eilidh L. Cowan, Dipan J. Shah, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Maan Malahfji, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
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