Olfactory dysfunction may predict myocardial injury in COVID-19 patients

Med Hypotheses. 2020 Nov:144:110232. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110232. Epub 2020 Sep 2.

Authors

Ercan Akşit¹, Özge Çağlar Çil², Hakkı Kaya³

Affiliations

¹ Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Canakkale, Turkey. Electronic address: ercanaksit@comu.edu.tr.
² Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Canakkale, Turkey.
³ Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Canakkale, Turkey.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / complications*
Comorbidity
Cytokines / metabolism
Heart Diseases / prevention & control
Heart Diseases / virology*
Heart Failure / prevention & control
Heart Failure / virology
Humans
Interleukin-1 / metabolism
Models, Theoretical
Myocardium / pathology
Olfaction Disorders / virology*
Smell
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

Cytokines
Interleukin-1
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha