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Infez Med . Myocardial injuries among patients with COVID-19: a systematic review

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infez Med


. 2021 Sep 10;29(3):345-354.
doi: 10.53854/liim-2903-5. eCollection 2021.
Myocardial injuries among patients with COVID-19: a systematic review


Alaa Hasan Alali[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mustafa Samir Smaisem[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ahmed Mohammed Alsheikh[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aljohara Abdullah Alshareef[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fatema Samir Smaisem[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Batool Wael Alnahar[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Amal Khalil Hassouneh[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq[SUP] 4 5 6 [/SUP], Ziad A Memish[SUP] 7 8 9 [/SUP]



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Abstract

This is a systematic review of the literature specifically aimed to explore myocardial injury in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) patients who were hospitalized with severe complicated infections. The medical literature was examined through the large medical databases, including Medline, Ovid, PubMed, and Embase, over the last year between January 2020 and May 2021. The search terms used were a combination of "myocardial injury" AND "COVID-19" AND "Hospitalization". Then we applied a step to filter the results to select original research articles only evaluating the myocardial injuries in severe COVID-19 hospitalized patients. Selected trials mentioned the type of myocardial injury detected with the infection. A total of 245 articles were extracted. Considering the exclusion of ineligible articles, 42 articles appeared. A total of 42 articles were eligible and were included in the review. These studies included a total of 4326 COVID-19 patients. The 30-day mortality was found to be associated with increased cardiac troponin and myocardial infarction could be a systemic reaction rather than the direct action of COVID-19. Patients with myocardial injury were significantly older and with co-morbid conditions. Studies also found a correlation of higher concentrations of cardiac enzymes with disease severity and increased in-hospital mortality. Myocardial injury was a significant predictor for severe COVID-19 infection and in-hospital mortality. Cardiac enzymes should be monitored in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 infections.

Keywords: COVID-19; cardiac; hospitalized; injuries; severe.
 
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