Cardiac tamponade in COVID-19 patients: Management and outcomes.

Hazim HakmiAmir SohailCollin BrathwaiteBeevash RaySunil Abrol

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)

Cardiac tamponade with possible concomitant biventricular failure can develop in COVID-19 patients; incidence seems to be highest at the point of marked inflammatory response. Concomitant ventricular failure seems to be a predictor of poor prognosis.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
inflammatory response
left ventricular
long non coding rna
sars cov
heart failure
cardiac resynchronization therapy
risk factors
lipopolysaccharide induced
lps induced
toll like receptor
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation