A Review of the Cardiac and Cardiovascular Effects of COVID-19 in Adults and Children

Authors

Bibhuti B Das
S Kristen Sexon Tejtel
Shriprasad Deshpande
Lara S Shekerdemian

Publication Date

7-1-2021

Journal

The Texas Heart Institute Journal

DOI

10.14503/THIJ-20-7395

PMID

34340244

Publication Date(s)

July 2021

Language

English

PMCID

PMC8367289

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

8-2-2021

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-Print

Published Open-Access

yes

Keywords

Adult, COVID-19, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular System, Child, Heart, Humans, Myocarditis, SARS-CoV-2

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) typically affects the respiratory system but can involve the cardiovascular system. Cardiac complications of COVID-19 can result directly from myocarditis or indirectly from numerous other mechanisms. Differentiating between primary and secondary cardiovascular involvement-our focus in this review-may help to identify the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the heart in adults and children.