Review Article

Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Myocardial Injury, Coagulopathy, and Other Potential Cardiovascular Implications of COVID-19

Table 1

Cardiac complications.

Eiros et al. [7]Richardson et al. [113]Bhatraju et al. [114]Shi et al. [57]Chen et al. [89]Li et al. [25]Wang et al. [115]Liu et al. [11]Ruan et al. [56]Guan et al. [116]Arentz et al. [75]Huang et al. [117]Wang et al. [13]Yang et al. [110]Zhou et al. [74]Guo et al. [27]Grimaud et al. [118]Stefanini et al. [119]

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Age52 (median)63 (median)64 (median)64 (median)62 (median)n/a71 (mean)57 (median)47 (median)n/a49 (median)56 (median)60 (mean)5659 (mean)10 (mean)n/a
Cardiac symptoms
 Chest pain29%
 Palpitations32%
Clinical findings
 CMR abnormalities75%
 ECG abnormalities50%
 Cardiomyopathy33%
 Myocarditis37%100%
Myocardial infarction100%
Cardiac injury biomarkers20%44%8-12%21%40% ()12%7%23%17%28%
 Elevated troponin23%15%20%41%12%17%28%
Arrhythmia10%17%6%100%
Heart failure24%17%23%
Shock2%1%7%9%
Coagulopathy19%34%
Medications
 Antibiotic use41%91%95%18%98%
 Antiviral use12%86%59%90%89%
Mechanical ventilation12%75%43%17%2%71%10%12%42%17%24%40%
ICU23%100%27%5%100%32%26%100%26%100%4%
Non-ICU77%0%73%95%0%68%74%0%74%0%96%
Comorbidities
 Hypertension12%57%31%34%17%41%10%15%15%31%30%33%71%
 CV disease6%14%7%15%15%10%
 Dyslipidemia19%
 Coronary artery disease11%11%8%3%8%11%
 CHF7%4%
 Cardiomyopathy4%
 Previous MI11%
Survived5147123591612741218210841035132201371442017
Death5531257113651668151166325443011