Cardiac Abnormalities in COVID-19 and Relationship to Outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize the clinical and transthoracic echocardiographic features and 30-day outcomes of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods

Retrospective cohort study that included consecutive inpatients with COVID-19 infection who underwent clinically indicated transthoracic echocardiography at 10 sites in the Mayo Clinic Health System between March 10 and August 5, 2020. Echocardiography was performed at bedside by cardiac sonographers according to an abbreviated protocol. Echocardiographic results, demographic characteristics, laboratory findings, and clinical outcomes were analyzed.

Results

There were 179 patients, aged 59.8±16.9 years and 111 (62%) men; events within 30 days occurred in 70 (39%) patients, including prolonged

SUBMITTER: Krishna H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816643 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature