Serial evaluation of biventricular function in COVID-19 recovered patients using speckle tracking echocardiography.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The persistence and outcomes following myocardial injury subsequent to coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection has not been properly elucidated. We assessed sub-clinical bi-ventricular dysfunction using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in post COVID-19 patients.

Methods

A total of 189 subjects following recovery from COVID-19 infection were enrolled. Detailed echocardiography including STE along with clinical, hematological, biochemical and inflammatory parameters were assessed for all. Patients were divided into four groups (asymptomatic, mild, moderate and severe) based on severity of COVID-19 infection. Additionally, 90 healthy individuals were enrolled as controls. All these patients were followed up for one year following enrolment.

Results

SUBMITTER: Kunal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11451411 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature