Table 1.

Types of cardiovascular damage of COVID and their management

Type of cardiovascular damage	Clinical implications	Clinical management
Troponin elevation	Higher risk of in-hospital complications and in-hospital death	Closer monitoring, higher intensity of care
Natriuretic peptides elevation	Higher risk of in-hospital complications and in-hospital death, possible acute heart failure	Monitoring of acute fluid retention and eventual targeted therapy
LV systolic dysfunction	Higher risk of in-hospital complications and in-hospital death, possible incidence of cardiac death	Closer monitoring, higher intensity of care, evaluation of the underlying etiology
Pulmonary embolism	Higher risk of in-hospital death	Specific therapy for pulmonary embolism, higher intensity of care
Arrhythmias	Higher risk of in-hospital death, possible incidence of thromboembolism	Specific therapy for cardiac arrhythmias
Post-COVID subtle cardiac dysfunction	Unknown	Needing for further research on these patients