Abnormal left ventricular global longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography in COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 infection can affect the cardiovascular system. We sought to determine if left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) is affected by COVID-19 and if this has prognostic implications. Materials & methods: Retrospective study, with LVGLS was measured in 58 COVID-19 patients. Patie...

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Autores principales: Croft, Lori B, Krishnamoorthy, Parasuram, Ro, Richard, Anastasius, Malcolm, Zhao, Wenli, Buckley, Samantha, Goldman, Martin, Argulian, Edgar, Sharma, Samin K, Kini, Annapoorna, Lerakis, Stamatios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Medicine Ltd 2020
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33034203
http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fca-2020-0121
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Sumario:COVID-19 infection can affect the cardiovascular system. We sought to determine if left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) is affected by COVID-19 and if this has prognostic implications. Materials & methods: Retrospective study, with LVGLS was measured in 58 COVID-19 patients. Patients discharged were compared with those who died. Results: The mean LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and LVGLS for the cohort was 52.1 and -12.9 ± 4.0%, respectively. Among 30 patients with preserved LVEF(>50%), LVGLS was -15.7 ± 2.8%, which is lower than the reference mean LVGLS for a normal, healthy population. There was no significant difference in LVGLS or LVEF when comparing patients who survived to discharge or died. Conclusion: LVGLS was reduced in COVID-19 patients, although not significantly lower in those who died compared with survivors.

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