Fig. 1. Acute cardiovascular complications secondary to COVID-19.
Acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can lead to various cardiovascular complications, including arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, left and/or right ventricular systolic dysfunction, pericarditis and stroke. These complications can have profound long-term implications for the health of survivors of COVID-19.