NURSING VIEW TOWARDS CARDIOVASCULAR CHANGES AND COVID-19: COMPLICATIONS AND RISKS

Abstract

Objective: To trace the risks and complications triggered by Covid-19 in the cardiovascular system, thus preparing professionals or undergraduates in the health area to develop a clinical look at the consequences of Covid in this system. Method: The study is a descriptive bibliographic review. For its realization, a selection of publications in SciELO and weight magazines in cardiology was made, in the 2015-2021 interval. Conclusion: Patients with cardiovascular disease have a worse prognosis, as well as those who are present in a risk group have a mortality rate nine times higher. The main complications evidenced were: arrhythmia, cardiac injury, increased procoagulant factors, myocarditis, acute heart failure and thrombosis.