Evaluating the role of transthoracic echocardiography in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 infection.
Aswin BabuZhaoyi MengNadia EdenDaniel LambJan NouzaRaghav BhatiaIrina Chis SterJonathan BennettVictor VoonPublished in: Open heart (2022)
In this cohort of extremely unwell patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonitis, the presence of RV dysfunction or admission to ITU was significantly associated with inpatient case fatality ratio. Moreover, COVID-19-induced myocarditis remains extremely rare.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- palliative care
- oxidative stress
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- mental health
- high glucose
- diabetic rats
- community acquired pneumonia
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- endothelial cells
- systemic sclerosis
- atrial fibrillation