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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Long COVID-19 was associated with a higher risk of thromboembolic disorders [HR 3.12 (1.60, 6.08)], coronary heart disease [HR 1.61 (1.13, 2.31)], stroke [HR 1.71 (1.07,2.72)], arrhythmia [HR 1.60 (1.13, 2.26)], cardiomyopathy [HR 1.71 (1.12, 2.61)], myocarditis [HR 6.11 (4.17,8.94)], hypertension [HR 1.70 (1.56, 1.85)], heart failure [HR 1.72 (1.15,2.59)] (..)

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A 53 yo woman with cardiogenic shock. Believe me, this is not what you think.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A previously healthy 53 yo woman was transferred to a receiving hospital in cardiogenic shock. I have summarized the m ajor e tiologic c ategories of acute myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathies. Referring to Figure-1 — this 53-year old woman who presented in extremis with cardiogenic shock and an initial pH = 6.9,

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Case Report: Three cases of clinically suspected viral myocarditis with recovery of left ventricular dysfunction

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Viral myocarditis is an important cause of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. Multiple clinical manifestations have been reported, including acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and ventricular arrhythmias. We present three patients with clinically suspected viral myocarditis causing acute heart failure.

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Two Years Transplant-Free Survival After LVAD Explantation in a Titin Truncating Variant Carrier With Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Cardiogenic Shock

Circulation: Heart Failure

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print.

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Gender disparities in patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Female patients showed a lower prevalence rate of pre-existing coronary artery disease (48% vs. 75%, p  < 0.001) and cardiomyopathy (17% vs. 34%, p  = 0.01) compared with the male patients, while the mean age and prevalence rate of other cardiovascular risk factors were balanced.

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Interplay between mitochondrial dysfunction and lysosomal storage: challenges in genetic metabolic muscle diseases with a focus on infantile onset Pompe disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Background Pompe disease (PD) is a rare, progressive autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder that directly impacts mitochondrial function, leading to structural abnormalities and potentially culminating in heart failure or cardiogenic shock. Further genetic testing identified a homozygous mutation c.2662G>T

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Abstract 4143844: Multidisciplinary management of a pregnant patient with advanced systolic heart failure

Circulation

A 35-year-old gravida 1, para 0 with biventricular heart failure (LVEF 25%), nonischemic cardiomyopathy, history stroke, history of left ventricular thrombus, class III obesity, and chronic kidney disease who had been followed by Cardio-Obstetrics throughout her pregnancy presented at 34 weeks gestation for planned induction of labor.