Vaccines and Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Infection: the CardioCOVID-Gemelli Study.

Rocco Antonio MontoneRiccardo RinaldiCarlotta MasciocchiLivia LilliAndrea DamianiGiulia La VecchiaGiulia IannacconeMattia BasileCarmine SalzilloAndrea CaffèAlice BonanniGennaro De PascaleDomenico Luca GriecoEloisa Sofia TanzarellaDanilo BuonsensoRita MurriMassimo FantoniGiovanna LiuzzoTommaso SannaLuca RicheldiMaurizio SanguinettiMassimo MassettiCarlo TraniYamume TshombaAntonio GasbarriniVincenzo ValentiniMassimo AntonelliFilippo Crea

Published in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2024)

In patients ≥76 years, COVID-19 vaccines were protective for the occurrence of myocardial injury, while in patients ≤60 years, myocardial injury was associated with previous COVID-19 vaccination. Further studies are warranted to clarify the underlying mechanisms.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
sars cov
coronavirus disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis