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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Clin Ultrasound
. 2021 Oct 30.
doi: 10.1002/jcu.23094. Online ahead of print.
Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function after mild coronavirus disease 2019: A preliminary report
Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Paweł Krzesiński[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Barbara Domino[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andrzej Chciałowski[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Małgorzata Maciorowska[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Grzegorz Gielerak[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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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: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease 2019; speckle tracking echocardiography; strain parameters.
. 2021 Oct 30.
doi: 10.1002/jcu.23094. Online ahead of print.
Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function after mild coronavirus disease 2019: A preliminary report
Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Paweł Krzesiński[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Barbara Domino[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andrzej Chciałowski[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Małgorzata Maciorowska[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Grzegorz Gielerak[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34716923
- DOI: 10.1002/jcu.23094
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: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease 2019; speckle tracking echocardiography; strain parameters.