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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome—A Pilot Study

(1) Background: Patients suffering from the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease could experience several extra-pulmonary involvements, including cardiovascular complications and liver injury. This study aims to evaluate the presence of cardiac and liver alterations in patients with post-acute...

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Autores principales: Bende, Felix, Tudoran, Cristina, Sporea, Ioan, Fofiu, Renata, Bâldea, Victor, Cotrău, Radu, Popescu, Alina, Sirli, Roxana, Ungureanu, Bogdan Silviu, Tudoran, Mariana
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8201250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34204032
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10112507
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author Bende, Felix
Tudoran, Cristina
Sporea, Ioan
Fofiu, Renata
Bâldea, Victor
Cotrău, Radu
Popescu, Alina
Sirli, Roxana
Ungureanu, Bogdan Silviu
Tudoran, Mariana
author_facet Bende, Felix
Tudoran, Cristina
Sporea, Ioan
Fofiu, Renata
Bâldea, Victor
Cotrău, Radu
Popescu, Alina
Sirli, Roxana
Ungureanu, Bogdan Silviu
Tudoran, Mariana
author_sort Bende, Felix
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description (1) Background: Patients suffering from the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease could experience several extra-pulmonary involvements, including cardiovascular complications and liver injury. This study aims to evaluate the presence of cardiac and liver alterations in patients with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and liver elastography (LE). (2) Methods: A total of 97 subjects recovering from COVID-19, attending the hospital’s specialized outpatient clinic for persisting symptoms at 3 to 11 weeks after the acute illness, were included in this study. They all had a basal COVID-19 assessment, and subsequently, a clinical evaluation, laboratory tests, TTE, and LE. (3) Results: considering the presence of pulmonary injury during COVID-19, patients were divided into two groups. Although none of them had altered systolic function, we evidenced pulmonary hypertension, diastolic dysfunction, increased liver stiffness, viscosity, and steatosis in around one-third of the patients, with significantly higher values in subjects with pulmonary injury compared to those without. (4) Conclusion: persisting symptoms characterizing the post-acute COVID-19 syndrome could be explained by residual cardiac and hepatic lesions, which were worse in more severe COVID-19 forms. These patients may be at risk of developing liver fibrosis and cardiac alterations and should be investigated in the first 12 weeks after the onset of the infection.
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spelling pubmed-82012502021-06-15 A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome—A Pilot Study Bende, Felix Tudoran, Cristina Sporea, Ioan Fofiu, Renata Bâldea, Victor Cotrău, Radu Popescu, Alina Sirli, Roxana Ungureanu, Bogdan Silviu Tudoran, Mariana J Clin Med Article (1) Background: Patients suffering from the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease could experience several extra-pulmonary involvements, including cardiovascular complications and liver injury. This study aims to evaluate the presence of cardiac and liver alterations in patients with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and liver elastography (LE). (2) Methods: A total of 97 subjects recovering from COVID-19, attending the hospital’s specialized outpatient clinic for persisting symptoms at 3 to 11 weeks after the acute illness, were included in this study. They all had a basal COVID-19 assessment, and subsequently, a clinical evaluation, laboratory tests, TTE, and LE. (3) Results: considering the presence of pulmonary injury during COVID-19, patients were divided into two groups. Although none of them had altered systolic function, we evidenced pulmonary hypertension, diastolic dysfunction, increased liver stiffness, viscosity, and steatosis in around one-third of the patients, with significantly higher values in subjects with pulmonary injury compared to those without. (4) Conclusion: persisting symptoms characterizing the post-acute COVID-19 syndrome could be explained by residual cardiac and hepatic lesions, which were worse in more severe COVID-19 forms. These patients may be at risk of developing liver fibrosis and cardiac alterations and should be investigated in the first 12 weeks after the onset of the infection. MDPI 2021-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8201250/ /pubmed/34204032 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10112507 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bende, Felix
Tudoran, Cristina
Sporea, Ioan
Fofiu, Renata
Bâldea, Victor
Cotrău, Radu
Popescu, Alina
Sirli, Roxana
Ungureanu, Bogdan Silviu
Tudoran, Mariana
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome—A Pilot Study
title A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome—A Pilot Study
title_full A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome—A Pilot Study
title_fullStr A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome—A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome—A Pilot Study
title_short A Multidisciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Presence of Hepatic and Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome—A Pilot Study
title_sort multidisciplinary approach to evaluate the presence of hepatic and cardiac abnormalities in patients with post-acute covid-19 syndrome—a pilot study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8201250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34204032
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10112507
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