Long-term prognostic impact of subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients recovered from COVID-19.

Francesco CannataGiuseppe PintoMauro ChiaritoMatteo MaurinaFrancesco CondelloSara BombaceAlessandro VillaschiLaura NovelliKamil StankowskiGaetano LiccardoGaia GaspariniDario DoniaAnastasia CelataIlaria MyMarinos KallikourdisStefano FigliozziRiccardo MantovaniFabio FazzariRenato M BragatoGianluigi CondorelliGiulio Giuseppe Stefanini

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2023)

In patients recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia, a subclinical myocardial dysfunction is present in one-third of the whole population at 7-month follow-up and is associated with a higher risk of MACE at long-term follow-up. Speckle-tracking echocardiography is a promising tool to optimize the risk-stratification in patients recovered from COVID-19 pneumonia, while the definition of a long-COVID condition has no prognostic relevance.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
end stage renal disease
sars cov
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
left ventricular
peritoneal dialysis
oxidative stress
prognostic factors
intensive care unit
pulmonary hypertension
patient reported
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation