Secuelas cardiovasculares post-covid-19 según la experiencia de médicos tratantes

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.2522402017

• Palavras-chave: pandemia covid-19, secuelas cardiovasculares, secuelas post-covid-19

• Keywords: Covid-19 pandemic, cardiovascular sequelae, post-covid-19 sequelae

• Abstract: The CoVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on society, millions of survivors were left with chronic sequelae of this disease, a situation that was named long COVID, prolonged post-covid syndrome, long COVID, prolonged post-covid syndrome, post-covid condition. The WHO defined this situation as the persistence of symptoms beyond 3 months due to SARS-CoV-2. One of the main systems that was affected was the cardiovascular system. This article describes the predominant post-covid symptoms in this system. Aim. Describe the cardiovascular sequelae and their prevalence at the cardiovascular level in patients who suffered from COVID 19. Methodology. A cross-sectional descriptive observational epidemiological study was carried out through a survey in Google forms in 23 doctors who answered said format. Results. It was found that the male gender was the most affected by this disease and the most affected age range was between 50 and over. On average, each doctor treated between 93 men and 67 women each, of which more than half of these patients had comorbidities such as diabetes and high blood pressure before suffering from COVID-19. On the other hand, it was found that the most frequent post-covid symptoms suffered by these patients are dyspnea, fatigue, orthostatic tachycardia, in addition, 47.8% of the doctors surveyed diagnosed the sequelae of arrhythmia and heart failure in their patients and 21 7% diagnosed disseminated intravascular coagulation. Conclusions. A considerable number of people who have had COVID-19 are at risk of post-COVID-19 sequelae and symptoms. The most frequent post-COVID-19 symptoms and sequelae that he tends to suffer from are dyspnea, fatigue, orthostatic tachycardia, arrhythmias, and heart failure.