Physical mechanisms involved in cardiovascular damage of the COVID-19 carriers

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CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS/physiopathology

Abstract

Introduction: COVID-19 is a new disease which provokes damage to human health, with direct impact on the cardiovascular system.

Objective: to describe the pathophysiogenic mechanisms involved in the cardiovascular damage in COVID-19 patients.

Method:  a literature review was carried out, through articles retrieved in PubMed, SciELO, EBSCO and ClinicalKey, using 27 references.

Development:  different pathophysiogenic mechanisms are associated with cardiovascular damage in COVID-19 patients; among them direct myocardial injury, viral invasion of cardiomyocytes, alteration of myocardial supply-demand index, atheroma-plaque rupture and coronary thrombosis, systemic inflammation and electrolyte imbalances.

Conclusions: determining the mechanisms involved in cardiovascular damage is a fundamental pillar as a preventive and screening strategy in COVID-19 patients. Inflammatory response, secondary hemodynamic changes to the viral process, as well as hypoxemia, are mechanisms of negative impact on cardiovascular health, leading to the development of acute cardiac injury.

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Author Biographies

Alejandro Jarol Pavón Rojas, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas, Las Tunas. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Zoilo Enrique Marinello Vidaurreta”

Estudiante de tercer año de medicina. Alumno ayudante de cardiología.

Sergio Orlando Escalona González, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas: "Dr. Zoilo Enrique Marinello Vidaurreta"

Estudiante de sexto año de Medicina

Lisvan Cisnero Reyes, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Las Tunas. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas: "Dr. Zoilo Enrique Marinello Vidaurreta"

Estudiante de primer año de Medicina

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2020-08-31

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Pavón Rojas AJ, Escalona González SO, Cisnero Reyes L. Physical mechanisms involved in cardiovascular damage of the COVID-19 carriers. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 31 [cited 2025 Aug. 20];24(5):e4482. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/4482

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