This article analyzes studies that are significant for clinicians aimed at understanding the etiopathogenetic mechanisms that contribute to the development of ischemic, non-ischemic and viral/bacterial-induced heart failure. A systematic search of literature for 2019–2021 was conducted in PubMed, EuropePMC, SCOPUS, the Cochrane Central Database and medRxiv using the search queries ‘Heart Failure’ and ‘COVID-19’; then we focused on publications that contain data on variants of the course of chronic heart failure in patients with cardiovascular pathology after a coronavirus infection and analyzed them with subsequent theoretical modeling. The prevalence of chronic heart failure among the population susceptible to COVID-19 is significant, as is the prevalence of predisposing conditions that expose infected patients to the risk of developing heart failure during illness and in the long-term period after recovery. For this reason, the dissemination of in-depth knowledge about the clinical consequences and prognostic impact of COVID-19 on this vulnerable category is a priority.

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