Echocardiography findings in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units: a multi-national observational study (the ECHO-COVID study).
Stephen HuangPhilippe VignonArmand Mekontso-DessapSégolène TranGwenael PratMichelle ChewMartin BalikFilippo SanfilippoGisele BanauchFernando Clau-TerreAndrea MorelliDaniel De BackerBernard CholleyMichel SlamaCyril CharronMarine GoudelinFrancois BagatePierre BaillyPatrick-Johansson BlixtPaul MasiBruno EvrardSam OrdePaul MayoAnthony S McLeanAntoine Vieillard-Baronnull nullPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2022)
Almost one-third of this cohort of critically ill COVID-19 patients exhibited abnormal LV and/or RV systolic function in their first echocardiography assessment. While LV systolic dysfunction appears similar to septic cardiomyopathy, RV systolic dysfunction was related to pressure overload due to positive pressure ventilation, hypercapnia and pulmonary embolism. ACP and age seemed to be associated with mortality in this cohort.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- pulmonary embolism
- sars cov
- heart failure
- coronavirus disease
- blood pressure
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- intensive care unit
- inferior vena cava
- oxidative stress
- mechanical ventilation
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- pulmonary hypertension
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- cardiovascular events
- quality improvement
- cardiovascular disease
- diffusion weighted
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance imaging