The usefulness of speckle tracking echocardiography in identifying subclinical myocardial dysfunction in young adults recovered from mild COVID-19.
Elisa GherbesiLuca BergamaschiIgnazio CusmanoThien Trung TienPasquale PaolissoAlberto FoàCarmine PizziAlberto BarosiPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2022)
SARS-CoV-2 infection may affect left ventricular deformation in 30% of young adult patients despite an asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic acute illness. Speckle-tracking echocardiography could help early identification of patients with subclinical cardiac involvement, with potential repercussions on risk stratification and management.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- young adults
- end stage renal disease
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- heart failure
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- coronavirus disease
- aortic stenosis
- left atrial
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- mitral valve
- pulmonary hypertension
- newly diagnosed
- computed tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- drug induced
- coronary artery disease
- hepatitis b virus
- percutaneous coronary intervention