Echocardiographic Features of Cardiac Injury Related to COVID-19 and Their Prognostic Value: A Systematic Review.

Neda Shafiabadi HassaniAbbas ShojaeeZeynab KhodaprastRoya SepahvandiEhsan ShahrestanakiHadith Rastad

Published in: Journal of intensive care medicine (2020)

The available evidence suggests that RV dilatation and dysfunction may be the most prominent echocardiographic abnormality in symptomatic patients with COVID-19, especially in those with more severe or deteriorating forms of the disease. Also, RV dysfunction should be considered as a poor prognostic factor in COVID-19 patients.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
mycobacterium tuberculosis
left ventricular
sars cov
coronavirus disease
pulmonary hypertension
oxidative stress
mitral valve
ejection fraction
heart failure
drug induced