Arezoo Khosravi, Saeed Ghodsi, Mohammadreza Memarjafari, Alireza Nematollahi, Reza Sheikh-Sharbafan, Seyed-Ali Sadre-Bafghi, Seyed-Vahid Moosavi, Mansour Abdollahzadeh, Arash Jalali, Maryam Moshkani Farahani
BACKGROUND: Limited data exist regarding the status of long-term cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. We aimed to examine the efficacy of early statin use after SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and the impact of prior CVD on the incidence of cardiovascular events. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was performed on hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) as a composite of cardiovascular mortality, stroke, heart failure, venous thromboembolism (VTE), revascularization, and nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI)...
July 2023: Journal of Tehran Heart Center