ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF COVID 19 PATIENTS - A STUDY FROM DISTRICT SUPERSPECIALITY HOSPITAL IN EASTERN INDIA

Abstract

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a major cause of morbidity and mortality that is placing unprecedented pressure on healthcare services across the world. Echocardiography is well placed to help further this understanding, being inexpensive, portable, and widely accessible. To describe the cardiac abnormalities in patie Aims: nts with COVID-19 and identify the characteristics of patients who would benet most from echocardiography In our study, out of 1060 patients, most of the 64 pati Materials And Method: Result: ents were 53–73 years of age in Abnormal scan and 60 patients were 51–69 years of age in Normal scan. Age was not signicantly associated with echocardiography (p=0.7194). In our study, majority number of patients had severe symptom severity in Abnormal scan [340 (52%)] compared to normal scan [285 (55%)] and it was statistically signicant (p<0.0001). In our study, 118 patients had Mild Left ventricular abnormality, 87 patients had Moderate Left ventricular abnormality,59 patients had severe Left ventricular abnormality,67 patients had dilated Left ventricular abnormality,37 patients had New MI ,36 patients had Myocarditis and 18 patients had Takotsubo which was statistically signicant (p< .00001). We observed that, most of the patients had Elevated PAP right ventricular abnormality though it was statistically signicant (p< .00001). It was found that, most of the 137 patients had Mild or Moderate Biventricular Failure and it was was statistically signicant (p< .00001). Cardiac abnormalities were Conclusion: observed in half of all COVID-19 patients undergoing echocardiography. Abnormalities were often unheralded or severe, and imaging changed management in one-third of patients.