Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to describe the features of right ventricular impairment and pulmonary hypertension in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and assess their effect on mortality.

Design

The authors carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Setting

The authors performed a search through PubMed, the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, and the Cochrane Library for studies reporting right ventricular dysfunction in patients with COVID-19 and outcomes.

Participants

The search yielded nine studies in which the appropriate data were available.

Interventions

Pooled odds ratios were calculated according to the random-effects model.

Measurements and main results

Overall, 1,450

SUBMITTER: Paternoster G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8038863 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature