Patterns of cardiovascular diseases in COVID-19 patients admitted to tertiary cardiac care centre

CONCLUSION: The most common CVD in COVID-19 patients in our study was ACS. STEMI was more common than NSTE-ACS. Advanced age, elevated serum ferritin, D-dimer, NT pro-BNP, leucocytosis, lymphopenia, lower haemoglobin, pre-existing CVDs heart failure, cardiogenic shock, AF and renal failure were associated with increased mortality in these patients.PMID:34695446 | DOI:10.1016/j.ihj.2021.10.007

Source: Indian Heart J - October 25, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Beeresha Puttegowda Arun B Shivashankarappa Suvradip Dutta Rama Chikkamuniswamy Prabhavathi Bhat Shanmugum Krishnam Manjunath C Nanjappa Source Type: research