Trajectory of cardiac troponin T following moderate-to-severe COVID-19 and the association with cardiac abnormalities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has been associated with cardiac troponin T (cTnT) elevations and changes in cardiac structure and function, but the link between cardiac dysfunction and high-sensitive cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) in the acute and convalescent phase is unclear.

Objective

To assess whether hs-cTnT concentrations are associated with cardiac dysfunction and structural abnormalities after hospitalization for COVID-19, and to evaluate the performance of hs-cTnT to rule out cardiac pathology.

Methods

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had hs-cTnT measured during the index hospitalization and after 3-and 12 months, when they also underwent an echocardiographic study. A subset also underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) after 6 months. Cardiac abnormal

SUBMITTER: Ovrebotten T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015606 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature