Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, and Neuropsychiatric Short- and Long-Term Complications of COVID-19
Małgorzata Kobusiak-Prokopowicz,
Katarzyna Fułek,
Michał Fułek,
Konrad Kaaz,
Andrzej Mysiak,
Donata Kurpas,
Jan Aleksander Beszłej,
Anna Brzecka,
Jerzy Leszek
Affiliations
Małgorzata Kobusiak-Prokopowicz
Department of Cardiology, Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
Katarzyna Fułek
Lower Silesian Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology Center, 53-413 Wroclaw, Poland
Michał Fułek
Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
Konrad Kaaz
Department of Cardiology, Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
Andrzej Mysiak
Department of Cardiology, Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
Donata Kurpas
Department and Clinic of Family Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-141 Wroclaw, Poland
Jan Aleksander Beszłej
Department and Clinic of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
Anna Brzecka
Department of Pulmonology and Lung Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, 53-439 Wroclaw, Poland
Jerzy Leszek
Department and Clinic of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
Beginning with the various strategies of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to invade our bodies and manifest infection, and ending with the recent long COVID, we are witnessing the evolving course of the disease in addition to the pandemic. Given the partially controlled course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the greatest challenge currently lies in managing the short- and long-term complications of COVID-19. We have assembled current knowledge of the broad spectrum of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neuropsychiatric sequelae following SARS-CoV-2 infection to understand how these clinical manifestations collectively lead to a severe form of the disease. The ultimate goal would be to better understand these complications and find ways to prevent clinical deterioration.
