Key result
Hospitalized influenza patients show impaired RV and LV function resembling COVID-19 vs matched controls.
Why the study?
Influenza infection is associated with cardiac complications, but its potential effect on cardiac structure and function during hospitalization needed evaluation by echocardiography.
Does influenza infection impair cardiac structure and function in hospitalized patients compared to general population controls and COVID-19 patients?
Cohort (n=108)
Does influenza infection impair cardiac structure and function in hospitalized patients compared to general population controls and COVID-19 patients?
Hospitalized influenza patients exhibit significant right and left ventricular impairment that is worse than general population controls and similar in extent to that seen in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
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May prompt echocardiography in hospitalized influenza; leaves open prognostic impact and need for outcome trials.
Skaarup et al. (2025) conducted a cohort in Hospitalized influenza (n=108). Influenza infection vs. General population controls and hospitalized COVID-19 patients was evaluated on Cardiac structure and function assessed by echocardiography. Hospitalized influenza patients exhibited significantly impaired right and left ventricular function compared with matched general population controls, resembling impairments seen in COVID-19 patients.
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