Complications from the cardiovascular system in children who have had COVID-19

Abstract

The article discusses the state of the cardiovascular system in children who have had COVID-19, depending on the severity of the course of the infectious process. We conducted a retrospective analysis of the case histories of 88 children of various ages who were hospitalized with a confirmed diagnosis of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 in September-November 2020.There were 48 boys (54.6%), girls - 40 (45.4%). According to the classification, the examined children were divided into 4 groups: pre-preschool period (1-3 years) - 9 (10.2%), pre-school period (from 3 to 7 years) - 32 (36.4%), junior school period ( 7-11 years old) - 29 (32.9%) and senior school period (from 12 to 16 years old) - 18 (20.4%) . An analysis of the characteristics of the course of COVID-19 depending on the severity showed that the moderate and severe course of the disease mostly developed in boys (58.5 and 60.0%), the mild course was typical for girls (66.7%).