Cardiovascular Manifestations of Covid-19 | Chapter 10 | Clinical Manifestations of Covid-19: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

 

COVID-19 enters the human cell via angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 which is prevalent in the heart, lungs and blood vessels and as such, it’s cardinal manifestations are found in these organs. Cough and difficulty in breathing are the commonest cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19. Other manifestations include chest pain, arrhythmias, thromboembolic events, heart failure, myocarditis and adult respiratory distress syndrome. Physicians have to be on the look out for these cardiovascular manifestations and address them, as COVID-19 patients with cardiovascular manifestations have a 5 fold higher mortality rate.

 

Author(s) Details:

 

Patrick Oyigebe Idoko
Cardiology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.

 

Velji Samuel Gomerep
Cardiology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.

 

Oladimeji Adebayo
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan / Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

 

Please see the book here:  https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-81-973195-5-6/10