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CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF COVID 19 VIRUS INFECTION
Farah M. Attash*, Israa I. Mohammed, Ikram M. Taher
ABSTRACT
Sever acute respiratory syndrome corona virus2 (SARS-COV-2) has led to possibly the worst pandemic in this century in the form of COVID 19. it is not only a respiratory system disease, it has found to affect and damage the cardiovascular system (CVS) through the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor. In our cross-sectional study about 148 participants shared, their age ranges from 22 – 67 years old, of them (14.3%) showed to have a severe infection with one month or more duration of illness. Most of the recorded complaints by the participants were chest pain, palpitation, fatigability and the diagnosis of first attack of hypertention during the duration of illness. The percentage of the recorded complaints was seen to be doubled or more in patients who recorded a severe infection with one month or more duration of illness. Health care workers should pay attention to the cardiovascular complications in COVID 19 infected patients during illness period and long term follow up is also necessary in the post recovery period.
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