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A type of echocardiogram may predict COVID-19 patients most at risk of developing atrial fibrillation
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that a type of echocardiogram, a common test to evaluate whether a person s heart is pumping properly, may be useful in predicting which patients with COVID-19 are most at risk of developing atrial fibrillation -; an irregular heartbeat that can increase a person s risk for heart failure and stroke, among other heart issues. The new findings, published online May 30 in the
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, also suggest that patients with COVID-19 who go on to develop atrial fibrillation more commonly have elevated levels of heart-related proteins called troponin and NT-proBNP in blood test samples.
TORONTO A new study suggests that a common imaging tool used to examine the heart may be helpful in evaluating COVID-19 patients at risk of developing heart issues that could increase the chance of heart failure or stroke. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Maryland took a retrospective look at around 80 COVID-19 patients and 34 patients without COVID-19, all of whom had received imaging tests called 2-D echocardiograms. Echocardiograms use sound waves through a transducer placed on the patientâs chest to create images of the heart walls and valves, sort of similar to how a bat uses echolocation to see.
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