Cardiac injury also linked to mortality among hospitalized Covid 19 patients: JAMA
Researchers at Wuhan, China have found that Covid 19 patients have considerable mortality because of Cardiac injury among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 , although it is thaught that respiratory failure is main cause of mortality.;
The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has rapidly spread to more than 58 countries and has crossed 4 lac mark.
It has lead to a considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide since December 2019. However, information on cardiac injury in patients affected by COVID-19 is limited.
Therefore Researchers at Wuhan, China conducted a retrospective study to evaluate incidence and significance of cardiac injury in patients with COVID-19.
They have found that cardiac injury is a common complication among those hospitalized with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and it's associated with significantly increased mortality risk. The study has been published in JAMA Cardiology.
This cohort study was conducted from January 20, 2020, to February 10, 2020, in a single center at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; the final date of follow-up was February 15, 2020. All consecutive inpatients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were included in this study.
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