Left Atrial Strain evaluation in Post Covid 19 Recovered Patients
Sherif, A., Kandil, N., Altabeeb, A., El-Abdeen, S. (2022). Left Atrial Strain evaluation in Post Covid 19 Recovered Patients. EKB Journal Management System, 89(1), 4790-4795. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.260742
Abdelsalam El-Sayed Hessen Sherif; Nader Talaat Kandil; Abdulali Mohammed Omar Altabeeb; Shimaa Gamal Zein El-Abdeen. "Left Atrial Strain evaluation in Post Covid 19 Recovered Patients". EKB Journal Management System, 89, 1, 2022, 4790-4795. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.260742
Sherif, A., Kandil, N., Altabeeb, A., El-Abdeen, S. (2022). 'Left Atrial Strain evaluation in Post Covid 19 Recovered Patients', EKB Journal Management System, 89(1), pp. 4790-4795. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.260742
Sherif, A., Kandil, N., Altabeeb, A., El-Abdeen, S. Left Atrial Strain evaluation in Post Covid 19 Recovered Patients. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 89(1): 4790-4795. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.260742

Left Atrial Strain evaluation in Post Covid 19 Recovered Patients

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 103, Volume 89, Issue 1, October 2022, Page 4790-4795  XML PDF (301.11 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.260742
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Authors
Abdelsalam El-Sayed Hessen Sherif; Nader Talaat Kandil; Abdulali Mohammed Omar Altabeeb; Shimaa Gamal Zein El-Abdeen
Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than 170 million people around the world, and previous studies of complications and long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection have found that patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19 have more than double the rate of arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, a similar rapid rhythm that can lead to heart failure and stroke.
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the left atrial structural remodeling in patients with persistent dyspnea and exertional dyspnea post covid 19 infections.
Patients and methods: This case-control study included a total of 60 patients in sinus rhythm, aged > 18 years, attending at Department of Cardiology, Zagazig University Hospitals. They were divided into two groups :(A) included 30 symptomatic subjects recovered from covid 19 who developed exertional dyspnea, compared to group B (30) volunteers without any symptoms. All participants were in sinus rhythm.
Results: Left Atrial (LA) reservoir Strain is decreased in post covid in cases with exertional dyspnea & associated with this dyspnea at odds ratio (OR) of 3.28 (95% CI 1.4 to 7.6), ALSO, LA diameter at OR of 2.7 CI (1.22- 6.77) & p wave dispersion at OR 126 CI (20- 813).
Conclusion: It could be concluded that LAS parameters have a high feasibility to predict symptomatic subjects who developed exertional dyspnea, and fatigue after recovery from covid-19 infection.
 
 
Keywords
Left Atrium; COVID-19; Exertional Dyspnea; left atrial strain
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