Characteristics of Cardiac Injury in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac injury has been reported in up to 30% of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. However, cardiac injury is defined mainly by troponin elevation without description of associated structural abnormalities and its time course has not been studied.

Research question

What are the ECG and echocardiographic abnormalities as well as their time course in critically ill COVID-19 patients?

Study design and methods

The cardiac function of 43 consecutive COVID-19 patients admitted to two ICUs was assessed prospectively and repeatedly, combining ECG, cardiac biomarker, and transthoracic echocardiographic analyses from ICU admission to ICU discharge or death or to a maximum follow-up of 14 days. Cardiac injury was defined by troponin elevation and newly dia

SUBMITTER: Doyen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7591864 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature