Volume : 08, Issue : 05, May – 2021

Title:

11.PREVALENCE OF COVID-19 AND CARDIAC PATIENTS

Authors :

Samina Naz, Rizwana Kausar, Tahira Shaheen

Abstract :

A new strain of coronaviruses emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and soon started getting infected many with the unknown pneumonia-like illness (1). It was later named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), as the signs and symptoms shown by the disease were similar to the 2003 SARS outbreak in Taiwan, China (2). Thereafter, it spread rapidly, and was soon declared as a pandemic (1). Classically, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) presents with pneumonia-like symptoms including fever, cough, pharyngodynia, and fatigue (2); however, in some cases, signs of cardiac damage and myocyte-necrosis have been noticed after COVID-19 (1). Therefore, it is crucial to establish the relationship between the two and increase its awareness amongst the frontline healthcare workers, and in particular, cardiologists.

Cite This Article:

Please cite this article in press Samina Naz et al., Prevalence Of Covid-19 And Cardiac Patients.., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2021; 08(05).

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