Enfermedades cardiovasculares y su relación con la mortalidad en pacientes con Covid 19

Abstract

At the beginning of the pandemic, it was believed that the virus only caused respiratory symptoms, however, according to the high mortality rate, it was observed that cardiovascular diseases played a very important role in the prognosis of the infection. By associating these pathologies, a relationship between the cardiovascular system and morbidity and mortality with COVID-19 was evidenced, being this pathology a risk factor for CVD and generating a high mortality rate in those patients with cardiovascular antecedents, affecting the adult population worldwide. Objective: To identify the relationship between cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with COVID 19, using a literature review. Methodology: The following databases were consulted for this research: Scopus, Science Direct, ProQuest, Pubmed, Medigraphic, Medline, Scielo, Redalyc, as well as official pages of health entities, using keywords such as: "cardiovascular diseases", "COVID 19", "morbimortality". Results: The initial result of the information search was 2,614 articles, with the application of the inclusion criteria 325 documents were selected and after exclusion 271 were discarded for not providing information that answered the questions, finally 54 sources were selected for the development of the study. Conclusion: The research leads to the conclusion that there is a direct relationship between morbidity and mortality among cardiovascular diseases and COVID 19, with the elderly and people with comorbidities being more affected worldwide.