Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Function in the Third Year After COVID-19 Hospitalization: A Follow-Up Pilot Study in South-East of Romania DOI Creative Commons
Constantin-Marinel Vlase, Cristian Guțu,

Roxana Elena Bogdan Goroftei

et al.

Medicina, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 61(2), P. 333 - 333

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

Background and Objectives: Cardiac involvement in COVID-19 has been confirmed during the acute stage of infection. However, prevalence spectrum post-infectious cardiac dysfunction remain incompletely clarified. The objective our study was to evaluate frequency echocardiographic changes 2 years after hospitalization for moderate severe patients with no previously known pathology. Material Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort analyzing severity markers infection parameters assessed ≥2 illness, based on recent guideline recommended algorithm diagnostic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Results: included 50 Caucasian patients, 60% male, 54% aged < 65 years, 32% forms disease. primary comorbidities were hypertension, obesity, diabetes. correlated computed tomography (CT) lung lesion score neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio >6 but not associated post-COVID-19 changes. Left ejection fraction (LVEF) reduced only 18% cases, global longitudinal strain (GLS) impairment observed 46% contributing LV systolic subclinical 61%. Impaired diastolic disfunction normal pressure filling present 30.61% cases elevated 10.2%. Conclusions: is an independent predictive factor GLS impairment, which can indicate myocardial contractile dysfunction, even asymptomatic heart This underscores importance regular monitoring recovering from COVID-19.

Language: Английский

Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Function in the Third Year After COVID-19 Hospitalization: A Follow-Up Pilot Study in South-East of Romania DOI Creative Commons
Constantin-Marinel Vlase, Cristian Guțu,

Roxana Elena Bogdan Goroftei

et al.

Medicina, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 61(2), P. 333 - 333

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

Background and Objectives: Cardiac involvement in COVID-19 has been confirmed during the acute stage of infection. However, prevalence spectrum post-infectious cardiac dysfunction remain incompletely clarified. The objective our study was to evaluate frequency echocardiographic changes 2 years after hospitalization for moderate severe patients with no previously known pathology. Material Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort analyzing severity markers infection parameters assessed ≥2 illness, based on recent guideline recommended algorithm diagnostic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Results: included 50 Caucasian patients, 60% male, 54% aged < 65 years, 32% forms disease. primary comorbidities were hypertension, obesity, diabetes. correlated computed tomography (CT) lung lesion score neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio >6 but not associated post-COVID-19 changes. Left ejection fraction (LVEF) reduced only 18% cases, global longitudinal strain (GLS) impairment observed 46% contributing LV systolic subclinical 61%. Impaired diastolic disfunction normal pressure filling present 30.61% cases elevated 10.2%. Conclusions: is an independent predictive factor GLS impairment, which can indicate myocardial contractile dysfunction, even asymptomatic heart This underscores importance regular monitoring recovering from COVID-19.

Language: Английский

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