Myocardial function in COVID-19 patients after hospital discharge: a descriptive study comparing the first and second 'wave' patients.

ABSTRACT: In hospitalized COVID-19 patients, myocardial injury and echocardiographic abnormalities have been described. The present study investigates cardiac function in COVID-19 patients 6 weeks post-discharge and evaluates its relation to New York Heart Association (NYHA) class. Furthermore cardiac function post-discharge between the first and second wave COVID-19 patients was compared. We evaluated 146 patients at the outpatient clinic of the Leiden University Medical Centre. NYHA class of II or higher was reported by 53% of patients. Transthoracic echocardiography was used to assess cardiac function. Overall, in 27% of patients reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction was observed and in 29% of patients LV global longitudinal strain was impaired (> - 16%). However no differences were obs

SUBMITTER: Elffers TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9013213 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature