Subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients recovered from COVID-19

Published: 10 February 2022| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/zj3hc94rfx.1
Contributors:
Eustachio Agricola, Leonardo Italia, Giacomo Ingallina, Antonio Boccellino, Antonio Napolano, Martina Belli, Francesco Cannata, Marco Rolando, Francesco Ancona, Francesco Melillo, Stefano Stella, Marco Ripa, Paolo Scarpellini, Moreno Tresoldi, Alessandro Ortalda, Beatrice Righetti, Francesco De Cobelli, Antonio Esposito, Fabio Ciceri, Antonella Castagna, Patrizia Rovere Querini, Gabriele Fragasso

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doi: 10.1111/echo.15215 Myocardial injury (MI) can be detected during the acute phase of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and is associated with a dismal prognosis. Recent imaging studies described the persistence of cardiac abnormalities after the recovery. The aim of the study was to investigate the spectrum of cardiac abnormalities at mid-term follow-up in patients recovered from COVID-19 using clinical assessment, laboratory tests and imaging evaluation with comprehensive echocardiography.1 The study included 123 patients divided into two groups according to the presence of MI during hospitalization. At 3 months follow-up patients with prior MI showed lower values of global longitudinale strain, higher frequency of8 impaired diastolic funcion and higher values of pulmonary pressure. Echocardiography with speckle-tracking analysis may be a usefull tool to identify subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients recovered from COVID-19.

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Institutions

  • Ospedale San Raffaele
  • Universita Vita Salute San Raffaele

Categories

Strain, Heart Failure, Myocarditis, Echocardiography, COVID-19

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