Echocardiographic features of patients with COVID-19 infection: a cross-sectional study
- PDF / 1,186,448 Bytes
- 10 Pages / 595.276 x 790.866 pts Page_size
- 37 Downloads / 153 Views
ORIGINAL PAPER
Echocardiographic features of patients with COVID-19 infection: a cross-sectional study Hasan Ali Barman1,4 · Adem Atici2 · Esra Aktas Tekin3 · Omer Faruk Baycan2 · Gokhan Alici4 · Bengisu Keskin Meric1 · Omer Sit4 · Omer Genc5 · Fahri Er5 · Baris Gungor6 · Irfan Sahin7 · Namigar Turgut3 Received: 16 August 2020 / Accepted: 29 September 2020 © Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract COVID-19 patients with cardiac involvement have a high mortality rate. The aim of this study was to investigate the echocardiographic features in COVID-19 patients between severe and non-severe groups.For this single-center study, data from patients who were treated for COVID-19 between March 25, 2020 and April 15, 2020 were collected. Two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) images were obtained for all patients. Patients were divided into two groups based on the severity of their COVID-19 infections. 2DE parameters indicating right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) functions were compared between the two groups.A total of 90 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 were included in this study. The mean age of the severe group (n = 44) was 63.3 ± 15.7 years, and 54% were male. The mean age of non-severe group (n = 46) was 49.7 ± 21.4 years, and 47% were male. In the severe group, RV and LV diameters were larger (RV, 36.6 ± 5.9 mm vs. 33.1 ± 4.8 mm, p = 0.003; LV 47.3 ± 5.8 mm vs. 44.9 ± 3.8 mm, p = 0.023), the LE ejection fraction (LVEF) and the RV fractional area change (RV-FAC) were lower (LVEF, 54.0 ± 9.8% vs. 61.9 ± 4.8%, p
Data Loading...
