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Myocardial performance index increases at long-term follow-up in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.

Isa ArdahanliOnur AkhanEbru SahinOnur AkgunCihan Darcan
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2022)
Our study showed that conventional diastolic function parameters were not affected in patients who survived COVID-19 with mild symptoms but had symptoms in the long term. However, MPI measurements showed left ventricular dysfunction. To our knowledge, this is the first echocardiographic follow-up study to evaluate left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions with MPI in COVID-19 patients. We think that when cardiac involvement assessment is required in patients who have survived COVID-19, MPI should be measured alongside other echocardiographic measurements.
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