Short-term cardiac outcome in survivors of COVID-19: a systematic study after hospital discharge.
Clin Res Cardiol
; 110(7): 1063-1072, 2021 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1044051
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
COVID-19 has caused considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide and cardiac involvement has been reported during infection. The short-term cardiac outcome in survivors of COVID-19 is not known.OBJECTIVE:
To examine the heart of patients who survived COVID-19 and to compare the cardiac outcome between patients who recovered from mild-to-moderate or severe illness.METHODS:
With use of ECG and echocardiography, we examined the heart of 105 patients who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 and were consecutively recruited after hospital discharge while attending follow-up visits. Survivors of COVID-19 were compared with 105 matched controls. We also compared the cardiac outcome and lung ultrasound scan between COVID-19 patients who had mild-to-moderate or severe illness.RESULTS:
Cardiac data were collected a median of 41 days from the first detection of COVID-19. Symptoms were present in a low percentage of patients. In comparison with matched controls, no considerable structural or functional differences were observed in the heart of survivors of COVID-19. Lung ultrasound scan detected significantly greater residual pulmonary involvement in COVID-19 patients who had recovered from severe than mild-to-moderate illness. No significant differences were detected in ECG tracings nor were found in the left and right ventricular function of patients who had recovered from mild-to-moderate or severe illness.CONCLUSIONS:
In a short-term follow-up, no abnormalities were identified in the heart of survivors of COVID-19, nor cardiac differences were detected between patients who had different severity of illness. With the limitations of a cross-sectional study, these findings suggest that patients who recover from COVID-19 do not have considerable cardiac sequelae.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Survivors
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COVID-19
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Heart Diseases
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Res Cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00392-020-01800-z
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