New emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) primarily affects the lungs, but the virus may cause cardiovascular disease (CVD), and a history of CVD is usually associated with comorbidities, which could increase the severity of infections. In this study, we collected demographic and clinical characteristics data from 123 patients with a history of CVD, who were confirmed to have SARS-CoV-2 infection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test in Razi Hospital, Rasht, Iran, from March 2021 to June 2021. Chi-Square and Fisher's Exact test with a significance level of P less than 0.05 was performed. All statistical analysis was performed with SPSS software version 26.0. Among the studied patients, 99 patients were discharged and 24 of them died. 62 (50.4%) of the study population were female and 61 (49.6%) were male, and there is no significant association between gender and the outcome of patients (P = 0.159). The total mean age of patients was 68.35±12.41. Statistical analysis has represented a significant relation of death outcomes in CVD patients with age 60 years and older (P = 0.001), in comparison with patients younger than 60 years. In this present study, no significant relation between underlying disease and mortality rate was reported, but in COVID-19 patients with a history of CVD and age upper than 60 years, death outcome was more probable.
In December 2019, a pandemic of an unknown respiratory virus emerged in Wuhan, China, putting the whole world in crisis; a newly emerged coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this study, we evaluated the clinical characteristics and laboratory findings of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the North of Iran. Demographical data and clinical characteristics of 126 patients with COVID-19 in Razi Hospital, Rasht, Iran, were recorded. The mean age of patients was 62 years old and 57.1% of cases were male. About 17.5% of patients had direct contact with a SARS-CoV-2-infected patient. The most common underlying diseases were lung diseases (11.9%), diabetes (11.9%), cardiovascular disease (CVD) (7.1%), and hypertension (4.8%). The mean levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine phosphokinase (CPK), creatine kinase MB (CK-MB), serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (1231.
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