Cardiac Performance and Cardiopulmonary Fitness After Infection With SARS-CoV-2.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Persistent cardiac symptoms are an increasingly reported phenomenon following COVID-19. However, the underlying cause of cardiac symptoms is unknown. This study aimed to identify the underlying causes, if any, of these symptoms 1 year following acute COVID-19 infection.

Methods and results

22 individuals with persistent cardiac symptoms were prospectively investigated using echocardiography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), 6-min walking test, cardio-pulmonary exercise testing and electrocardiography. A median of 382 days (IQR 368, 442) passed between diagnosis of COVID-19 and investigation. As a cohort their echocardiography, CMR, 6-min walking test and exercise testing results were within the normal ranges. There were no differences in left ventricular ejectio

SUBMITTER: Wood G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9136046 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature