Evolution of right and left ventricle routine and speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients recovering from coronavirus disease 2019: a longitudinal study.
Guy BaruchEhud RothschildSapir SadonYishay SzekelyYael LichterAlon KaplanPhilippe TaiebAriel BanaiAviram HochstadtIlan MerdlerYaron ArbelMichal Laufer-PerlGil BeerLivia KapustaYan TopilskyPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2021)
In patients previously discharged from hospitalization due to COVID-19 infection, RV routine echocardiographic and RV STE parameters improve significantly concurrently with improved RV haemodynamics. In contrast, a quarter of patients still have LV systolic dysfunction based on STE cut-offs. Moreover, LV STE does not improve significantly, implying subclinical LV dysfunction may be part and parcel of recovering from COVID-19 infection.
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