Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in COVID-19 Recovered Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital

Objective: To detect residual RV dysfunction on a right ventricle focused Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) in COVID-19 infection survivors with lung involvement.
 Study Design: Analytical Cross sectional study design.
 Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Abbottabad Pakistan, Feb 2022 to Apr 2022.
 Methodology: 87 patients who had suffered from survived definite involvement CT scans the chest were studied after discharge. was done determine anatomical functional parameters relationship between extent transthoracic echocardiographic parameters.Data entered Microsoft excel exported SPSS v 23 for analysis. 
 Results: The initial sample size patients. Due suboptimal ECHO studies 7 cases excluded. Males represented 62.5% (n=50) females 37.5% (n=30). ages ranged 27 80 years, mean 53.08±12.77 years. Based severity score severe infections 61.3 %(n=49) mild 38.8% (n=31). CTSS 6 30 (17.74±7.13). In our we found that TTE, there statistically significant difference 2 parameters; RVOT PLAX (RVOT diameter Parasternal long axis view) [27.4 vs 28.3; p=0.02], RVOT-Dis (Distal dia) [22.8 24; p=0.01]. addition, all function TDI S vel (Systolic Tissue Doppler Velocity Tricuspid Annulus by doppler imaging) [7 vs4.9; p<0.0001], RIMPPW (Right Ventricular Index Myocardial Performance Pulse wave doppler) [0.46 vs0.38; RIMP-TDI [0.57 0.48; p<0.0001]. RV-FAC (RV-Fractional Area Change) insignificant. [42.8% 43.2%; p=0.6].
 Conclusion: Our showed scans, Right ventricular affected line involvement.