Short-term cardiac outcome in survivors of COVID-19: a systematic study after hospital discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has caused considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide and cardiac involvement has been reported during infection. The short-term cardiac outcome in survivors of COVID-19 is not known.

Objective

To examine the heart of patients who survived COVID-19 and to compare the cardiac outcome between patients who recovered from mild-to-moderate or severe illness.

Methods

With use of ECG and echocardiography, we examined the heart of 105 patients who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 and were consecutively recruited after hospital discharge while attending follow-up visits. Survivors of COVID-19 were compared with 105 matched controls. We also compared the cardiac outcome and lung ultrasound scan between COVID-19 patients who had mild-to-moderate or sev

SUBMITTER: Sechi LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7820534 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature