COVID-19 : A double threat to takotsubo cardiomyopathy and spontaneous coronary artery dissection?

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic that has affected millions of individuals worldwide. Prior studies suggest that COVID-19 may be associated with an increased risk for various cardiovascular disorders, such as myocardial injury, arrhythmia, acute coronary syndrome, and venous thromboembolism. Early reports of non-COVID-19 patients have described the concurrence of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) and spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). However, the interplay between COVID-19, TTC and SCAD has not been well established. We herein propose two sets of two-hit hypotheses for the development of SCAD and TTC in the context of COVID-19. The first two-hit hypothesis explains the development of SCAD, in which TTC-associated formation of vulnerable coronary substrate serves as the first hit (predisposing factor), and COVID-19-associated inflammation and vascular disruption serves as the second hit (precipitating factor). The second two-hit hypothesis is proposed to explain the development of TTC, in which SCAD-associated formation of vulnerable myocardial substrate serves as the first hit, and COVID-19-associated sympathetic overactivity serves as the second hit. Under this conceptual framework, COVID-19 poses a double threat for the development of SCAD (among patients with underlying TTC) as well as TTC (among patients with underlying SCAD), thereby forming a reciprocal causation. This hypothesis provides a rationale for the joint assessment of TTC and SCAD in COVID-19 patients with pertinent cardiovascular manifestations.

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CommentIn: Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jan;146:110471. - PMID 33387939

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

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Medical hypotheses - 146(2021) vom: 20. Jan., Seite 110410

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shojaei, Fahimehalsadat [VerfasserIn]
Habibi, Zahra [VerfasserIn]
Goudarzi, Sogand [VerfasserIn]
Firouzabadi, Fatemeh Dehghani [VerfasserIn]
Montazerin, Sahar Memar [VerfasserIn]
Najafi, Homa [VerfasserIn]
Kahe, Farima [VerfasserIn]
Momenzadeh, Kaveh [VerfasserIn]
Mir, Mahshid [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Faris [VerfasserIn]
Jamil, Umer [VerfasserIn]
Jamil, Adeel [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jane J [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Gerald [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute coronary syndrome
COVID-19
Journal Article
Review
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
Stress cardiomyopathy
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

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Date Completed 01.02.2021

Date Revised 13.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jan;146:110471. - PMID 33387939

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110410

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NLM318341808