People with ischemic stroke are more likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2. Scientists have also investigated whether congestive heart failure increases the risk of a more severe course of COVID-19. What conclusions did they reach?
The latest scientific findings show that cardiovascular diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, may have an impact on the more severe course of COVID-19. In addition, they cause various types of complications and increase the risk of death. As reported by the researchers,this relationship was not confirmed in the case of congestive heart failure . The researchers themselves were surprised with their discovery.
Dr. Jamil Aboulhorn of the University of California's Center for Heart Failure Treatment, Los Angeles, explained that in patients with congestive heart failure, the course of COVID-19 is similar to that of most infected.COVID-19 may be harder for people struggling with comorbidities, including :
- diabetic,
- heart disease,
- other cardiological diseases (past myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmia).
In these patients, in some cases, treatment requires, for example, administration of oxygen.
Ischemic stroke and COVID-19
The situation is different for COVID-19 patients who have been additionally diagnosed with stroke. Their prognosis is much worse. Even the course of the stroke itself is more severe and they aremore likely to suffer another stroke while in hospital .
This results from observations carried out on 42 thousand. patients hospitalized in 458 hospitals due to ischemic stroke.Of these patients, 3 percent infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus was found.They were brought to the hospital at the same time as patients without SARS-CoV-2, but rescuing them was slower after the virus was detected.
- This was because medical staff had to take extra precautions, such as changing into protective suits, said study co-author Dr. Gregg Fonarow. It is not certain, however, whether the worse effects were caused by the delay in the therapy, or only by the additional burden of the body with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The results of the study were published in the Journal of AmericanCollege Cardiology. "
Source: PAP
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