The association between coronary artery calcification and vectorcardiography in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients: the Maastricht Intensive Care COVID cohort.
Eda AydenizFrank van RosmalenJip W T M de KokBibi MartensAlma M A MingelsMustafa Emin ÇanakçıCasper MihlKevin VernooyFrits W PrinzenJoachim E WildbergerIwan C C van der HorstBas C T van BusselRob G H DriessenPublished in: Intensive care medicine experimental (2024)
Patients with a high degree of CAC had the largest QRS area and higher QRS amplitude, which decreased more over time when compared to patients with a low degree of CAC. These results suggest that CAC might contribute to loss of myocardial tissue during critical illness. These insights could improve risk stratification and prognostication of patients with critical illness.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- sars cov
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- coronavirus disease
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- chronic kidney disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- pulmonary hypertension