Cardiovascular Manifestations in Post Covid-19
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BACKGROUND
COVID-19 is a pandemic which initially started in Wuhan, China and is still not under control worldwide. Because of evident spread in the many countries and increased death tolls WHO declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency on January 30 2020. Following recovery from COVID-19 many individuals have developed complications like clinical and sub clinical myocarditis, arrhythmias, pericarditis & pericardial effusion, heart failure and pulmonary embolism. So it is important to follow up with those patients who recovered from COVID-19 regularly for prompt diagnosis and treatment.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the cardiac status of the patient who recovered from post COVID-19 by electrocardiography.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
This cross-sectional study was comprising of 30 patients who were recovered from COVID-19 was selected as study subjects based on convenient sampling. History of symptoms, events following hospitalisation, use of anti-coagulants was elicited in the study participants followed by complete clinical evaluation and their cardiac status was assessed by electrocardiography, levels of CRP and D-dimer during the recovery phase was noted. Association of ECG with levels of CRP and D-dimer, presence/absence of symptoms are studied and compared.
RESULTS:
Out of 30 patients we had no significant outcome but there is enough finding which has to be evaluated and followed with regular intervals to avoid the serious complications. So further highlights are need for a multifactorial analysis in more number with variable comparative factors to asses the prognosis in post-COVID-19.
CONCLUSION:
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in post COVID-19 does not depend on one individual factor. It is multifactorial, hence consideration of other factors, long term follow up, multi system approach with more number of samples are needed for further analysis and interpretation.
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