Strain Echocardiography in Acute COVID-19 and Post-COVID Syndrome: More than Just a Snapshot

Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) has become an established, widely available diagnostic method in the past few years, making its value clear in cases of COVID-19 and the further course of the disease, including post-COVID syndrome. Since the beginning of the pandemic, many studies have been p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biomedicines 2023-04, Vol.11 (4), p.1236
Hauptverfasser: Kersten, Johannes, Schellenberg, Jana, Jerg, Achim, Kirsten, Johannes, Persch, Hasema, Liu, Yuefei, Steinacker, Jürgen M
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Zusammenfassung:Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) has become an established, widely available diagnostic method in the past few years, making its value clear in cases of COVID-19 and the further course of the disease, including post-COVID syndrome. Since the beginning of the pandemic, many studies have been published on the use of STE in this condition, enabling, on the one hand, a better understanding of myocardial involvement in COVID-19 and, on the other, a better identification of risk to patients, although some questions remain unanswered in regard to specific pathomechanisms, especially in post-COVID patients. This review takes a closer look at current findings and potential future developments by summarising the extant data on the use of STE, with a focus on left and right ventricular longitudinal strain.
ISSN:2227-9059
2227-9059
DOI:10.3390/biomedicines11041236