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Screening for Myocardial Injury after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Advanced Transthoracic Echocardiography Modalities
Although the clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 viral infection affect mainly the respiratory system, cardiac complications are common and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. While echocardiographic alterations indicating myocardial involvement are widely reported in patients h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36010290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12081941 |
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author | Rácz, Gergely Takács, Hedvig Kormányos, Árpád Polestyuk, Bianka Borbás, János Gyenes, Nándor Schvartz, Noémi Németh, Gergely Kincses, Zsigmond Tamás Sepp, Róbert Nagy, Viktória |
author_facet | Rácz, Gergely Takács, Hedvig Kormányos, Árpád Polestyuk, Bianka Borbás, János Gyenes, Nándor Schvartz, Noémi Németh, Gergely Kincses, Zsigmond Tamás Sepp, Róbert Nagy, Viktória |
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description | Although the clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 viral infection affect mainly the respiratory system, cardiac complications are common and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. While echocardiographic alterations indicating myocardial involvement are widely reported in patients hospitalized for acute COVID-19 infection, much fewer data available in non-hospitalized, mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients. In our work, we aimed to investigate subclinical cardiac alterations characterized by parameters provided by advanced echocardiographic techniques following mild SARS-CoV-2 viral infection. A total of 86 patients (30 males, age: 39.5 ± 13.0 yrs) were assessed 59 ± 33 days after mild SARS-CoV-2 viral infection (requiring no hospital or <5 days in-hospital treatment) by advanced echocardiographic examination including 2-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography and non-invasive myocardial work analysis, and were compared to an age-and sex-matched control group. Altogether, variables from eleven echocardiographic categories representing morphological or functional echocardiographic parameters showed statistical difference between the post-COVID patient group and the control group. The magnitude of change was subtle or mild in the case of these parameters, ranging from 1–11.7% of relative change. Among the parameters, global longitudinal strain [−20.3 (−21.1–−19.0) vs. −19.1 (−20.4–−17.6) %; p = 0.0007], global myocardial work index [1975 (1789–2105) vs. 1829 (1656–2057) Hgmm%; p = 0.007] and right ventricular free wall strain values (−26.6 ± 3.80 vs. −23.8 ± 4.0%; p = 0.0003) showed the most significant differences between the two groups. Subclinical cardiac alterations are present following even mild SARS-CoV-2 viral infection. These more subtle alterations are difficult to detect by routine echocardiography. Extended protocols, involving speckle-tracking echocardiography, non-invasive measurement of cardiac hemodynamics, and possibly myocardial work are necessary for detection and adequate follow-up. |
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spelling | pubmed-94069022022-08-26 Screening for Myocardial Injury after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Advanced Transthoracic Echocardiography Modalities Rácz, Gergely Takács, Hedvig Kormányos, Árpád Polestyuk, Bianka Borbás, János Gyenes, Nándor Schvartz, Noémi Németh, Gergely Kincses, Zsigmond Tamás Sepp, Róbert Nagy, Viktória Diagnostics (Basel) Article Although the clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 viral infection affect mainly the respiratory system, cardiac complications are common and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. While echocardiographic alterations indicating myocardial involvement are widely reported in patients hospitalized for acute COVID-19 infection, much fewer data available in non-hospitalized, mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients. In our work, we aimed to investigate subclinical cardiac alterations characterized by parameters provided by advanced echocardiographic techniques following mild SARS-CoV-2 viral infection. A total of 86 patients (30 males, age: 39.5 ± 13.0 yrs) were assessed 59 ± 33 days after mild SARS-CoV-2 viral infection (requiring no hospital or <5 days in-hospital treatment) by advanced echocardiographic examination including 2-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography and non-invasive myocardial work analysis, and were compared to an age-and sex-matched control group. Altogether, variables from eleven echocardiographic categories representing morphological or functional echocardiographic parameters showed statistical difference between the post-COVID patient group and the control group. The magnitude of change was subtle or mild in the case of these parameters, ranging from 1–11.7% of relative change. Among the parameters, global longitudinal strain [−20.3 (−21.1–−19.0) vs. −19.1 (−20.4–−17.6) %; p = 0.0007], global myocardial work index [1975 (1789–2105) vs. 1829 (1656–2057) Hgmm%; p = 0.007] and right ventricular free wall strain values (−26.6 ± 3.80 vs. −23.8 ± 4.0%; p = 0.0003) showed the most significant differences between the two groups. Subclinical cardiac alterations are present following even mild SARS-CoV-2 viral infection. These more subtle alterations are difficult to detect by routine echocardiography. Extended protocols, involving speckle-tracking echocardiography, non-invasive measurement of cardiac hemodynamics, and possibly myocardial work are necessary for detection and adequate follow-up. MDPI 2022-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9406902/ /pubmed/36010290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12081941 Text en © 2022 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rácz, Gergely Takács, Hedvig Kormányos, Árpád Polestyuk, Bianka Borbás, János Gyenes, Nándor Schvartz, Noémi Németh, Gergely Kincses, Zsigmond Tamás Sepp, Róbert Nagy, Viktória Screening for Myocardial Injury after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Advanced Transthoracic Echocardiography Modalities |
title | Screening for Myocardial Injury after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Advanced Transthoracic Echocardiography Modalities |
title_full | Screening for Myocardial Injury after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Advanced Transthoracic Echocardiography Modalities |
title_fullStr | Screening for Myocardial Injury after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Advanced Transthoracic Echocardiography Modalities |
title_full_unstemmed | Screening for Myocardial Injury after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Advanced Transthoracic Echocardiography Modalities |
title_short | Screening for Myocardial Injury after Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Advanced Transthoracic Echocardiography Modalities |
title_sort | screening for myocardial injury after mild sars-cov-2 infection with advanced transthoracic echocardiography modalities |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36010290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12081941 |
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