Doenças cardiovasculares associadas à Covid-19 – revisão de literatura/ Cardiovascular diseases associated with Covid-19 – a review of literature

Authors

  • Tayrel dos Anjos Silva
  • Márcio Jadson Marialva Eliziário
  • Talita Sampaio Carvalho
  • Bárbara Aparecida de Souza e Souza
  • Marlucia do Nascimento Nobre
  • Ingrid Loureiro de Queiroz Lima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34119/bjhrv5n2-299

Keywords:

COVID-19, isquemia miocárdica, disfunção ventricular, arritmias cardíacas.

Abstract

Em dezembro de 2019, casos de pneumonia de etiologia desconhecida surgiram em Wuhan, China, com características clínicas muito semelhantes a um quadro de pneumonia viral. Apesar de o quadro clínico ser predominante de sintomas respiratórios, há evidências de que a COVID-19 pode causar complicações cardíacas, com elevação dos biomarcadores de estresse miocárdico, arritmias e insuficiência cardíaca, com risco aumentado de mortalidade. Estudos mostraram que 12 a 19,7% dos pacientes sem doença cardíaca prévia evoluíram com injúria miocárdica e suas complicações durante o período de internação. O provável mecanismo da lesão cardíaca envolve a formação de microtrombos na vasculatura do miocárdio, downregulation dos receptores da ECA-2, hiperativação da cascata inflamatória e imune, disfunção endotelial, hipoxemia, hiperativação simpática ou disautonomia e distúrbios hidroeletrolíticos. Lesão pulmonar grave no contexto de SARS-CoV-2 pode levar à fibrose pulmonar, hipertensão arterial pulmonar, doença cardiovascular e alterações metabólicas, sendo todos estes, fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de insuficiência de ventrículo direito, tendo em vista aumento da pós carga direita. O entendimento sobre as complicações cardiológicas decorrentes da COVID-19 não está totalmente esclarecido, porém diversos estudos demonstram que tal associação é significativa.

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Published

04/22/2022

How to Cite

SILVA, T. dos A.; ELIZIÁRIO, M. J. M.; CARVALHO, T. S.; SOUZA, B. A. de S. e; NOBRE, M. do N.; LIMA, I. L. de Q. Doenças cardiovasculares associadas à Covid-19 – revisão de literatura/ Cardiovascular diseases associated with Covid-19 – a review of literature. Brazilian Journal of Health Review, [S. l.], v. 5, n. 2, p. 7415–7426, 2022. DOI: 10.34119/bjhrv5n2-299. Disponível em: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BJHR/article/view/46906. Acesso em: 17 oct. 2026.

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