Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Its Association With Mortality in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess whether right ventricular dilation or systolic impairment is associated with mortality and/or disease severity in invasively ventilated patients with coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Single-center U.K. ICU.

Patients

Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory distress syndrome undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation that received a transthoracic echocardiogram between March and December 2020.

Intervention

None.

Measurements and main results

Right ventricular dilation was defined as right ventricular:left ventricular end-diastolic area greater than 0.6, right ventricular systolic impairment as fractional area change less than 35%, or tricusp

SUBMITTER: Chotalia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8439642 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature