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Left Atrial Strain evaluation in Post Covid 19 Recovered Patients

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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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.    

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10.21608/ejhm.2022.260742

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left atrium, COVID-19, Exertional Dyspnea, Left atrial strain

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Abdelsalam El-Sayed Hessen

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Sherif

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Nader Talaat

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Kandil

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Abdulali Mohammed Omar

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Altabeeb

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abdalaalialtabib@gmail.com

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Shimaa Gamal Zein

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El-Abdeen

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89

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36332

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2022-10-01

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2022-09-22

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2022-10-01

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Left Atrial Strain evaluation in Post Covid 19 Recovered Patients

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22 Jan 2023