Serial echocardiographic evaluation of COVID-19 patients without prior history of structural heart disease: a 1-year follow-up CRACoV-HHS study

Autor: Agnieszka Olszanecka, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Agnieszka Bednarek, Piotr Kusak, Barbara Wizner, Michał Terlecki, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Marek Klocek, Tomasz Drożdż, Krzysztof Sładek, Monika Bociąga-Jasik, Aleksander Garlicki, Krzysztof Rewiuk, Andrzej Matyja, Maciej Małecki, Wojciech Sydor, Marcin Krzanowski, Tomasz Grodzicki, Marek Rajzer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 10 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2297-055X
DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1230669
Popis: BackgroundIt is a well-known fact that COVID-19 affects the cardiovascular system by exacerbating heart failure in patients with preexisting conditions. However, there is a poor insight into the cardiovascular involvement and sequelae in patients without preexisting conditions. The aim of the study is to analyse the influence of COVID-19 on cardiac performance in patients without prior history of structural heart disease. The study is part of the CRACoV project, which includes a prospective design and a 12-month follow-up period.Material and methodsThe study included 229 patients hospitalised with a diagnosis of COVID-19 (median age of 59 years, 81 were women). A standard clinical assessment and laboratory tests were performed in all participants. An extended echocardiographic image acquisition was performed at baseline and at a 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up. All analyses were performed off-line. A series of echocardiographic parameters was compared using repeated measures or Friedman analysis of variance.ResultsIn all subjects, the left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction at baseline was preserved [63.0%; Q1:Q3 (60.0–66.0)]. Elevated levels of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T were detected in 21.3% of the patients, and elevated NT-proBNP levels were detected in 55.8%. At the 1-year follow-up, no significant changes were observed in the LV diameter and volume (LV 48.0 ± 5.2 vs. 47.8 ± 4.8 mm, p = 0.08), while a significant improvement of the parameters in the biventricular strain was observed (LV −19.1 ± 3.3% vs. −19.7 ± 2.5%, p = 0.01, and right ventricular −19.9 ± 4.5% vs. −23.2 ± 4.9%, p = 0.002). In addition, a decrease in the LV wall thickness was also observed (interventricular septum 10.4 ± 1.6 vs. 9.7 ± 2.0 mm, p
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