Electrocardiographic findings and mortality in Covid-19 patients hospitalized in different clinical settings.

Coronavirus-19 disease (Covid-19) is the definition issued by World Health Organization (WHO) to describe clinical manifestations caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection1-2. Covid-19 typically involves low respiratory tract infection causing interstitial pneumonia; multi-organ involvement however is not rare. In particular, cardiac involvement and acute myocardial injury have been shown to be associated with a worse prognosis3-4.

Source: Heart and Lung - February 24, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Marco Mele, Lucia Tricarico, Enrica Vitale, Andrea Favia, Francesca Croella, Simona Alfieri, Maria Delia Corbo, Federica Mango, Grazia Casavecchia, Natale Daniele Brunetti Source Type: research