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COVID-19 with Cardiovascular Disease: Can It Help Predict Prognosis?
Author(s) -
Xiaoliang Yan,
Jing Li,
Yongzhi Deng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the heart surgery forum/the heart surgery forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1522-6662
pISSN - 1098-3511
DOI - 10.1532/hsf.3301
Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , covid-19 , disease , hypoxemia , intensive care medicine , cardiology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Two recent articles both found that cardiovascular disease was the major comorbidity in patients with COVID-19. Inflammation of the cardiovascular system and hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19 are the important causes of cardiovascular system dysfunction. Through detailed analyses of the cardiovascular system, clinicians may identify specific patterns of cardiovascular abnormalities. If such a model can been established, the prognosis of COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular disease may be predicted.

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