Cardiac magnetic resonance -detected myocardial injury is not associated with long-term symptoms in patients hospitalized due to COVID-19.
Aria YarValtteri UusitaloSatu M VaaraMiia HolmströmAino-Maija VuorinenTiina HeliöRiitta PaakkanenSari KivistöSuvi SyvärantaJohanna HästbackaPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Myocardial scar suggestive of possible previous myocarditis was detected in almost one-third of hospital-treated COVID-19 patients. It was not associated with the need for ICU treatment, greater symptomatic burden, or ventricular dysfunction at 9 months follow-up. Thus, post-acute myocarditis scar on COVID-19 patients seems to be a subclinical imaging finding and does not commonly require further clinical evaluation.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- magnetic resonance
- left ventricular
- clinical evaluation
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- coronavirus disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- prognostic factors
- high resolution
- liver failure
- intensive care unit
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- computed tomography
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- combination therapy
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- contrast enhanced
- smoking cessation