Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function after mild coronavirus disease 2019: A preliminary report.
J Clin Ultrasound
; 50(1): 17-24, 2022 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1487481
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
While most coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases are mild, the risk of heart dysfunction remains unknown. The objective of this observational study was to assess the impact of mild COVID-19 on heart function in a short-term follow-up using advanced echocardiography.METHODS:
Our study cohort comprised patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who did not require hospitalization. Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) was used to assess heart chambers function in the 31 recovered COVID-19 patients, and the results were compared with those of the control group (28 healthy participants).RESULTS:
Left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) systolic function was assessed using standard and STE methods and was found to be normal and comparable in both groups (LV ejection fraction [p = 0.075], LV global longitudinal strain [p = 0.123], LV global radial strain [p = 0.630], LV global circumferential strain [p = 0.069], tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion [p = 0.417], tricuspid S' peak systolic velocity [p = 0.622], and RV free wall longitudinal strain [p = 0.749]). Similarly, atrial function was not impacted when assessed using advanced STE.CONCLUSIONS:
The heart function of patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms, assessed using standard and advanced echocardiographic methods, was observed to be normal after a short-term follow-up.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Clin Ultrasound
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jcu.23094
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