Caracterización de complicaciones cardiovasculares post COVID-19 en pacientes de 25 a 90 años atendidos en el Hospital Naval de Guayaquil durante el periodo 2020 a 2022.

Abstract

COVID-19 infection usually affects the lungs, but involvement of other organs, particularly the heart, is very prevalent. Cardiovascular complications such as myocardial injury or myocarditis, thromboembolic events, heart failure and cardiomyopathy, as well as arrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes and pericardial involvement, are described during the course of COVID-19. Materials and methods: We collected medical records with ICD 10 of U07.1 and U07.2 who were subsequently treated with a diagnosis of cardiological disease at the Naval Hospital of Guayaquil during the years 2020 to 2022. Results: This study found that the most prevalent group resulting with post-COVID-19 myocardial injury were men and the age group was the range of 40 to 49 years, although there was no significant association between complications and the rest of the variables, a relationship was found between patients who had a history of cardiovascular disease and those who developed post-COVID-19 complications, which allows us to infer that it is a risk factor. Conclusions: COVID-19 infection has been associated with a variety of cardiovascular complications, including arrhythmias, heart disease, and thromboembolic events. There is a significant relationship between patients with a history of cardiovascular disease and the development of cardiovascular complications following covid-19 infection.