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COVID-19 cardiac injury: Implications for long-term surveillance and outcomes in survivors.
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151 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The prolonged health sequelae "of the COVID-19 pandemic" in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Identifying patterns of reported findings on long-term cardiac complications of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Sequelae of COVID-19 among previously hospitalized patients up to 1 year after discharge: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infection · 2022Pooled it
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- 2022 AHA/ACC Key Data Elements and Definitions for Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Complications of COVID-19: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2022Guideline
- Implications of SARS-CoV-2-Associated Myocarditis in the Medical Evaluation of Athletes.Sports health · 2021Pooled it
- COVID-19 sequelae in adults aged less than 50 years: A systematic review.Travel medicine and infectious diseasePooled it
- Effect of L-Citrulline Supplementation on Endothelial Function and Body Composition in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Relationship between acute coronary syndrome and coronavirus disease 2019 infection and vaccination type: a retrospective observational study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Observational
- "Bridging the clinical, molecular and genetic perspectives on myocarditis in post-COVID-19 era".International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026Review
- Coronary artery calcification is associated with reduced survival in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients in the MaastrICCht cohort.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Importance of Accounting for Confounding Factors when Assessing Cardiovascular Outcomes of COVID-19: A Nationwide Cohort Study.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2025Article
- Membrane Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Promotes the Production of CXCL10 and Apoptosis of Myocardial Cells.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Post-COVID Cardiac Conditions and Potential Prognostic Factors: A Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on professional and advanced cycling athletes: a cross-sectional study in Poland.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2025Article
- Substantial differences in perception of disease severity between post COVID-19 patients, internists, and psychiatrists or psychologists: the Health Perception Gap and its clinical implications.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- The Role of Dental-derived Stem Cell-based Therapy and Their Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome-induced Tissue Damage.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2024Review
- Perioperative cardiovascular risk and preventions of patients with post-COVID-19 condition.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Cardiovascular disease and covid-19: A systematic review.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Review
- Emergence of Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Up to 20%-30% of patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have evidence of myocardial involvement. Acute cardiac injury in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. There are no data on how acute treatment of COVID-19 may affect the convalescent phase or long-term cardiac recovery and function. Myocarditis from other viral pathogens can evolve into overt or subclinical myocardial dysfunction, and sudden death has been described in the convalescent phase of viral myocarditis. This raises concerns for patients recovering from COVID-19. Some patients will have subclinical and possibly overt cardiovascular abnormalities. Patients with ostensibly recovered cardiac function may still be at risk of cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmias. Screening for residual cardiac involvement in the convalescent phase for patients recovered from COVID-19-associated cardiac injury is needed. The type of testing and therapies for post COVID-19 myocardial dysfunction will need to be determined. Therefore, now is the time to plan for appropriate registries and clinical trials to properly assess these issues and prepare for long-term sequelae of "post-COVID-19 cardiac syndrome."
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