COVID-19 Pandemic and Cardiovascular Diseases: Lessons and Prospects

E V Shlyakhto; A O Konradi; T L Karonova; P A Fedotov

doi:10.1134/S1019331622040098

COVID-19 Pandemic and Cardiovascular Diseases: Lessons and Prospects

Her Russ Acad Sci. 2022;92(4):425-429. doi: 10.1134/S1019331622040098. Epub 2022 Sep 6.

Authors

E V Shlyakhto¹, A O Konradi¹, T L Karonova¹, P A Fedotov¹

Affiliation

¹ Almazov National Medical Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Abstract

This article is focused on the topicality of assessing complications and mortality from diseases of the circulatory system during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main variants of damage to the cardiovascular system, the mechanisms of their development, and risk factors are given. The long-term consequences of the new coronavirus infection for the heart and blood vessels are considered. In addition, the necessary measures to reduce the burden of disease after the pandemic are discussed.

Keywords: chronic heart failure; circulatory system diseases; coronavirus infection; heart transplantation; myocarditis.

© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. 2022, ISSN 1019-3316, Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2022, Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 425–429. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2022.Russian Text © The Author(s), 2022, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2022, Vol. 92, No. 7, pp. 686–690.