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Reversible cardiac dysfunction in severe COVID‐19 infection, mechanisms and case report
Author(s) -
Chao ChiehJu,
DeValeria Patrick A.,
Sen Ayan,
Lee Hong,
Pedrotty Dawn M,
Patel Bhavesh,
Arsanjani Reza,
Naqvi Tasneem Z.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14807
Subject(s) - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , cardiac dysfunction , medicine , covid-19 , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , mechanical ventilation , hypoxemia , strain (injury) , heart failure , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A previously healthy 49‐year‐old male patient presented with COVID‐19 infection and required mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation due to severe hypoxemia. Echocardiography showed cardiac dysfunction with an apical sparing strain pattern, which rapidly normalized within a week. Apical sparing myocardial strain in patients with COVID‐19 infection may suggest reverse‐type stress cardiomyopathy.