Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with COVID-19

Ali Kemal Erenler,Seval Komut,Ahmet Baydin

doi:10.31487/j.rdi.2020.04.02

Abstract

In the beginning of December 2019, an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was determined in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Besides its predominant respiratory system-related symptoms, cardiovascular involvement has also been described in adults with direct and indirect cardiac injury. Pre-existing cardiovascular disease and cardiac risk factors have been shown to increase the risk of cardiac complications of COVID-19 infection. However, it is also known that healthy and asymptomatic COVID-19 survivors suffer cardiac damage-related complications. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMRI) is known to be the reference non-invasive standard to present cardiac function and tissue characterization. It is recommended as an effective and efficient diagnostic imaging choice to obtain critical information for clinical diagnosis and decision-making. In this article, we sought the usefulness of CMRI in cardiovascular complications related to COVID-19.

Highlights

A series of unexplained pneumonia occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and lately severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was officially identified as their underlying cause
Cardiac morphology and function may be determined by Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI)
It has ability provide tissue characterization so that it is a good tool for cardiac study in patients with COVID-19

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Introduction

A series of unexplained pneumonia occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and lately severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was officially identified as their underlying cause. Given the quick and steady viral spread, SARS-CoV2 became such a big challenge for public health that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th, 2020 [1, 2]. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) may be a promising non-invasive imaging method that indicates reversible and/or reversible tissue damage in patients with COVID-19 [4]. In this narrative review, we aimed to underline the diagnostic importance of CMRI in patients with COVID-19

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