Key result
Prior mild-moderate COVID-19 shows similar ventricular and atrial strain at 6 months versus healthy controls.
Why the study?
Information on the long-term cardiac effects of COVID-19 is sparse, raising concern regarding cardiac sequelae among survivors.
Does prior mild-moderate COVID-19 infection impair long-term cardiac function assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography in survivors?
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Does prior mild-moderate COVID-19 infection impair long-term cardiac function assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography in survivors?
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Uncomplicated mild-moderate COVID-19 infection does not appear to cause long-term impairment in ventricular or atrial strain at 6 months, suggesting routine echocardiographic screening may be unnecessary.
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 is a multi-systemic infectious disease. Nearly 20%-30% of hospitalized patients have evidence of acute myocardial involvement, portending a poorer prognosis. However, information about the long-term effects of the disease on cardiac functions is sparse. As a result, there is a growing concern about the cardiac sequelae of COVID-19 among survivors. This study aimed to investigate the effects of prior mild-moderate COVID-19 infection on cardiac functions, using speckle tracking echocardiography. METHODS: Patients who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 within the previous 6 months and age-, sex-, and risk factor-matched healthy adults were included. All patients underwent a comprehensive echocardiographic examination. Both conventional and 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiographic measurements were performed. Serum cardiac biomarkers were also obtained on the day of the echocardiographic study. RESULTS: Compared with healthy controls, COVID-19 survivors had similar left and right ventricular longitudinal strain values at 6 months. Also, left and right atrial peak systolic strain values did not differ between the groups. CONCLUSION: Our study is valuable in putting forth the unaffected ventricular and atrial functions on long term in uncomplicated COVID-19 cases and may decrease the survivors' anxiety and the number of unnecessary applications to cardiology clinics.
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Seda et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Uncomplicated COVID-19. Prior mild-moderate COVID-19 infection vs. Healthy controls was evaluated on Left and right ventricular longitudinal strain and atrial peak systolic strain values. Prior mild-moderate COVID-19 infection resulted in similar left and right ventricular longitudinal strain and atrial peak systolic strain values at 6 months compared with healthy controls.
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