Clinical challenges of stress cardiomyopathy during coronavirus 2019 epidemic

Abstract

of is is cardiomyopathy, may be related to During the COVID-19 stress cardiomyopathy may be present as a complication of acute infection or as an indirect consequence of quarantine. These conditions have created complications in patient that have to increased adverse outcomes, hospitalization, and medical costs. Stress cardiomyopathy is caused by various emotional and physical stressors such as anger, sadness, happiness, surgery, multiple medications, general anesthesia, and infectious diseases. The outbreak of the new coronavirus posed an ongoing challenge for these patients with several medical and economic consequences. Providing useful information on stress and COVID-19 to people with heart disease and their families can be very important, and also, education and psychotherapy of heart patients can reduce the number of hospitalization and their complications.