In:
Future Cardiology, Future Medicine Ltd, Vol. 17, No. 4 ( 2021-07), p. 655-661
Abstract:
Lay abstract COVID-19 infection can affect the cardiovascular system including the heart muscle. Myocardial strain measures the function of the heart muscle at cell level and can pick up unusual heart function before routine measurements. Ejection fraction (how hard the heart muscle is squeezing) can be seen with our own eyes, but strain cannot and needs special techniques to see it. In this study we wanted to find out what was the strain on COVID-19 patients and if there was a relationship between strain and the outcome of the patients (if they were able to recover from COVID-19). The important finding of our study is that strain was low in all patients with COVID-19 infection regardless of routine measurements when compared with patients without the infection. However, in this study we found no correlation between the low strain and the result of the infection for the COVID-19 patients.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1479-6678
,
1744-8298
DOI:
10.2217/fca-2020-0121
Language:
English
Publisher:
Future Medicine Ltd
Publication Date:
2021
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