Key result
Acute respiratory viral infections like COVID-19 and influenza are linked to ACS, myocarditis, and HF.
Why the study?
Respiratory viruses cause significant morbidity and mortality, affecting not only the respiratory system but also causing serious cardiovascular complications.
Understanding the mechanisms of cardiovascular complications in respiratory viral infections may help predict and prevent life-threatening events.
Cardiovascular monitoring may be prudent during respiratory viral infections; review leaves open the need for prospective trials on targeted prevention.
Despite significant progress in understanding the pathogenesis and treatment of viral diseases, the influenza virus alone causes up to three to five million severe cases and 250-500 thousand deaths annually. However, respiratory viruses can affect not only the respiratory system, but also cause complications in the cardiovascular system. For example, acute coronary syndrome, myocarditis, pericarditis, exacerbation of chronic heart failure, acute heart failure, pulmonary embolism, and arrhythmias. This review provides information on the incidence of cardiovascular complications that occurred in association with acute respiratory viral infections (COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus infection, adenovirus, and rhinovirus infections), and the mechanisms of respiratory virus impact on the cardiovascular system. Understanding these mechanisms may allow to predict the potential cardiovascular complications in patients with respiratory infections and take prompt measures to prevent them as soon as possible especially in case of life-threatening events.
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ISHMURZIN et al. (2023) conducted a review in Acute respiratory viral infections. Acute respiratory viral infections was evaluated on Incidence of cardiovascular complications. Acute respiratory viral infections, including COVID-19 and influenza, are associated with cardiovascular complications such as acute coronary syndrome, myocarditis, and heart failure.
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