Assessment of biventricular myocardial systolic function in COVID-19 patients: A Tissue Doppler Imaging echocardiography study

Abstract Background The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported as pandemy and the number of patients continues to rise. Based on recent data, cardiac injury is a prominent feature disease, leading increased morbidity mortality. In present study we aimed evaluate myocardial dysfunction using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Methods Results We recruited 30 (56.7% male, 55.80 ± 14.949 years) who were with diagnosis infection. analyzed left ventricular (LV) right (RV) conventional TDI parameters at time hospitalization during course disease. Patients without any preserved LV ejection fraction (EF) included. TTE examination was performed all variables recorded retrospectively. observed that both RV echocardiographic similar when day admission hospital compared 5th Regarding analysis, demonstrated significant impairment septal lateral deformation ( P < 0.001). correlation analysis no marked between inflammation biomarkers. Conclusion Cardiac involvement an important infection but exact mechanism still undefined. Echocardiography essential technique describe provide new concepts for possible definitions dysfunction.