Olivier Lairez, Virginie Blanchard, Valérie Houard, Fanny Vardon-Bounes, Maeva Lemasle, Eve Cariou, Yoan Lavie-Badie, Stéphanie Ruiz, Stéphanie Cazalbou, Clément Delmas, Bernard Georges, Michel Galinier, Didier Carrié, Jean-Marie Conil, Vincent Minville
Biological cardiac injury related to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 infection has been associated with excess mortality. However, its functional impact remains unknown. The aim of our study was to explore the impact of biological cardiac injury on myocardial functions in patients with COVID-19. 31 patients with confirmed COVID-19 (CoV+) and 16 controls (CoV-) were prospectively included in this observational study. Demographic data, laboratory findings, comorbidities, treatments and myocardial function assessed by transthoracic echocardiography were collected and analysed in CoV+ with (TnT+) and without (TnT-) elevation of troponin T levels and compared with CoV-...
February 2021: International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging