Table 1.
Potential cardiac complications in COVID-19 infections*.
| • Acute myocardial injury – elevated troponin levels |
| • Acute coronary syndrome |
| ○ Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome – NSTEMI or unstable angina |
| ○ ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) |
| ○ Acute myocardial infarction |
| ▪ Type 1 – acute atherothrombotic coronary artery disease, mostly plaque rupture or thrombosis |
| ▪ Type 2 – oxygen supply-demand mismatch |
| • Cardiomyopathy |
| ○ Include stress cardiomyopathy – Takotsubo cardiomyopathy |
| • Myocarditis |
| • Arrhythmia |
| • Drug-induced cardiac effects |
| • Cardiac failure |
| • Hypotension and/or cardiogenic shock |
| • Cardiac arrest |