Echocardiography findings in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units: a multi-national observational study (the ECHO-COVID study).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Severely ill patients affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) develop circulatory failure. We aimed to report patterns of left and right ventricular dysfunction in the first echocardiography following admission to intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods

Retrospective, descriptive study that collected echocardiographic and clinical information from severely ill COVID-19 patients admitted to 14 ICUs in 8 countries. Patients admitted to ICU who received at least one echocardiography between 1st February 2020 and 30th June 2021 were included. Clinical and echocardiographic data were uploaded using a secured web-based electronic database (REDCap).

Results

Six hundred and seventy-seven patients were included and the first echo was performed 2 [1, 4] days after IC

SUBMITTER: Huang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9022062 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature