ArticleArchives of academic emergency medicine2021
Echocardiographic Abnormalities as Independent Prognostic Factors of In-Hospital Mortality among COVID-19 Patients.
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- Risk Factors Associated with Severity and Death from COVID-19 in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Abnormal Echocardiographic Findings in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2022Pooled it
- Hospital readmissions and post-discharge all-cause mortality in COVID-19 recovered patients; A systematic review and meta-analysis.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Characteristics and Outcomes of New-Onset Cardiomyopathy in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring heterogeneity in reported venous thromboembolism risk in COVID-19 and comparison to other viral pneumonias: a systematic review and meta-regression.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2023Article
- Literature Review-Transthoracic Echocardiography, Computed Tomography Angiography, and Their Value in Clinical Decision Making and Outcome Predictions in Patients with COVID-19 Associated Cardiovascular Complications.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Pressure-based beat-to-beat right ventricular ejection fraction and Tau from continuous measured ventricular pressures in COVID-19 ARDS patients.Pulmonary circulation · 2023Article
- Sequence and directivity in cardiac muscle injury of COVID-19 patients: an observational study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Association of Echocardiographic Findings with in-Hospital Mortality of COVID-19 Patients and Their Changes in One-Month Follow-Up; a Cohort Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2022Article
- An Overview of Published Articles inArchives of academic emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Continuous long-term wireless measurement of right ventricular pressures and estimated diastolic pulmonary artery pressure in patients with severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome.ESC heart failure · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionDirect and indirect sequels of COVID-19 in the cardiovascular system are unclear. The present study aims to investigate the echocardiography findings in COVID-19 patients and possible correlations between the findings and the disease outcome.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, baseline characteristics and echocardiographic findings of hospitalized COVID-19 cases, and their correlation with mortality were evaluated. Furthermore, computed tomography (CT) angiography was performed to assess possible pulmonary embolism. In-hospital mortality was considered as the main outcome of the present study.
results680 confirmed COVID-19 cases with the mean age of 55.15 ± 10.92 (range: 28 - 79) years were studied (63.09% male). Analysis showed that history of ischemic heart disease (RR=1.14; 95% CI: 1.08-1.19), history of hypertension (RR=1.04; 95% CI: 1.00-1.08), presence of embolism in main pulmonary artery (RR=1.53; 95% CI: 1.35-1.74), CT involvement more than 70% (RR=1.08; 95% CI: 1.1.01-1.16), left ventricular ejection fraction < 30 (RR=1.19; 95% CI: 1.07-1.32), pleural effusion (RR=1.08; 95% CI: 1.00-1.16), pulmonary artery systolic blood pressure 35 to 50 mmHg (RR=1.11; 95% CI: 1.03-1.18), right ventricular dysfunction (RR=1.54; 95% CI: 1.40-1.08), and collapsed inferior vena-cava (RR=1.05; 95% CI: 1.01-1.08) were independent prognostic factors of in-hospital mortality.
conclusionOur study showed that cardiac involvement is a prevalent complication in COVID-19 patients. Echocardiography findings have independent prognostic value for prediction of in-hospital mortality. Since echocardiography is an easy and accessible method, echocardiography monitoring of COVID-19 patients can be used as a screening tool for identification of high-risk patients.
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