Review Article

Cardiovascular Complications in Respiratory Viral Infections with a Focus on COVID-19

Abstract

Patients with respiratory viral infections have altered immune responses, which may predispose them to cardiovascular complications. In the face of the pandemic of a new kind of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there is a resurgence of interest in the early diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of patients who are at risk. COVID-19 often manifests as viral pneumonia, although extrapulmonary manifestations are also common. Acute cardiac damage associated with elevated high-sensitivity troponin levels crucially contributes to mortality in severe COVID-19. The present review clinically compares cardiovascular complications between COVID-19 and other respiratory infections caused by single-stranded RNA viruses, namely influenza, SARS, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Estimating the death rate from RVIs has been a subject of intense research, but the mortality from cardiovascular complications in these infections is less understood and calls for further research.

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Aleebrahim-Dehkordi E, Mohebalizadeh M, Ganjirad Z, Torabi S, Hooshyar D, Saghazadeh A. Cardiovascular Complications in Respiratory Viral Infections with a Focus on COVID-19. Immunol Genet J. 2023;6(2):42-59.