Cardiac pathology 6 months after hospitalization for COVID-19 and association with the acute disease severity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may cause myocardial injury and myocarditis, and reports of persistent cardiac pathology after COVID-19 have raised concerns of long-term cardiac consequences. We aimed to assess the presence of abnormal cardiovascular resonance imaging (CMR) findings in patients recovered from moderate-to-severe COVID-19, and its association with markers of disease severity in the acute phase.

Methods

Fifty-eight (49%) survivors from the prospective COVID MECH study, underwent CMR median 175 [IQR 105-217] days after COVID-19 hospitalization. Abnormal CMR was defined as left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50% or myocardial scar by late gadolinium enhancement. CMR indices were compared to healthy controls (n = 32), and to circulating bioma

SUBMITTER: Myhre PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8363180 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature