Hemodynamic Profiles of Shock in Patients with COVID-19

Patients with serious COVID infections develop shock frequently. To characterize the hemodynamic profile of this cohort, 156 patients with COVID pneumonia and shock requiring vasopressors had interpretable echocardiography with measurement of ejection fraction (EF) by Simpson's rule and stroke volume (SV) by Doppler. RV systolic pressure (RVSP) was estimated from the tricuspid regurgitation peak velocity. Patients were divided into groups with low or preserved EF (EFL or EFP, cutoff ≤45%), and low or normal cardiac index (CIL or CIN, cutoff ≤2.2 L/min/m2).

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - May 25, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steven M Hollenberg, Lucy Safi, Joseph E Parrillo, Matthew Fata, Brent Klinkhammer, Noha Gayed, Taya Glotzer, Ronaldo C. Go, Elli Gourna-Paleoudis, David Landers, Sameer Jamal, Neel Shah, Roshan Shah, Jana Tancredi, Zoltan G Turi Source Type: research