Prevalence of cardiac pathology and relation to mortality in a multiethnic population hospitalised with COVID-19.
Gabriel BiohChristina BotrousEmma HowardAshish PatelReinette HampsonRoxy SeniorPublished in: Open heart (2021)
In this predominantly non-white population hospitalised with COVID-19, the most common cardiac pathology was RV dysfunction which is associated with both LV systolic dysfunction and elevated pulmonary artery pressure. The latter two, not RV dysfunction, were associated with mortality.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary artery
- coronavirus disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- left ventricular
- sars cov
- coronary artery
- oxidative stress
- risk factors
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- heart failure
- blood pressure
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- cardiovascular disease
- community acquired pneumonia
- african american
- atrial fibrillation