Myocardial Injury on CMR in Patients With COVID-19 and Suspected Cardiac Involvement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19 and suspected cardiac involvement is not well understood.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to characterize myocardial injury in a multicenter cohort of patients with COVID-19 and suspected cardiac involvement referred for cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).

Methods

This retrospective study consisted of 1,047 patients from 18 international sites with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection who underwent CMR. Myocardial injury was characterized as acute myocarditis, nonacute/nonischemic, acute ischemic, and nonacute/ischemic patterns on CMR.

Results

In this cohort, 20.9% of patients had nonischemic injury patterns (acute myocarditis: 7.9%; nonacute/nonischemic: 13.0%), and 6.7% of patient

SUBMITTER: Vidula MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9833283 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature