| T205 |
95-852 |
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denotes |
A study on 121 hospitalized SARS-CoV patients found that tachycardia was the most frequent acute presentation followed by hypotension, bradycardia, reversible cardiomegaly and transient paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.34 Case reports have described acute onset myocarditis in patients with SARS-CoV; however, on autopsy, the virus was absent in the myocardium, suggesting myocardial damage may be indirectly related to the illness.38 , 39 Another report described several fatal cases of SARS-CoV patients with acute heart failure and, rarely, myocardial infarction in the setting of septic shock with elevated myocardial enzymes.40 , 41 Chronic cardiometabolic damage may also ensue in some, even 12 years after recovery with dysregulated lipid metabolism.42 |
