In the follow-up of partecipants with Covid-19 infection, persistence of cardiovascular symptoms is common. Studies on the acute phase of Covid-19 infection have demonstrated a significant prevalence of acute myocardial damage (15-44%), and imaging studies have confirmed the presence of structural changes in the pericardium and myocardium several months after the acute phase. The aim of the project is to identify the prevalence and characteristics of long-term cardiovascular changes in Covid-19 infection.
The study is a continuation of the "CARDICoVRISK" registry project ("Cardiovascular risk and effects ancillary effects of cardiology drug therapy during n-CoV-19 infection"), which collected data on alterations cardiovascular changes during the acute phase and shortly after the acute phase. The design of the current study is observational cross-sectional comparison with historical data. The study plans to enroll 240 patients hospitalized during the acute phase of COVID-19 infection. Enrollment of patients will be carried out in three separate centers. Enrolled patients will undergo a baseline assessment by history, objective examination, laboratory tests, ECG, 6-minute walking test and echocardiogram.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
240
Partecipants will undergo a baseline assessment by history, objective examination, laboratory tests, ECG, 6-minute walking test and echocardiogram
Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCSS Ospedale San Luca
Milan, Italy
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Roma, Italy
Identify long-term myocardial damage and compare it with the prevalence and extent of acute myocardial damage in approximately 240 subjects who have been affected by COVID 19
The main purpose of this study is to identify long-term myocardial damage and compare it with the prevalence and extent of acute myocardial damage. The anatomical and functional substrates of cardiovascular manifestations will be analyzed by basic and advanced echocardiographic technologies and, when appropriate, by MRI cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Acute myocardial damage will be estimated by observation of troponin values already collected during acute infection as part of the CARDICoVRISK registry. Distant myocardial damage will be assessed by the assessments provided in the baseline visit.
Time frame: 6 months
Evaluate functional and anatomical abnormalities on diastolic dysfunction in 240 subjects who reported cardiac abnormalities following Covid infection
A secondary objective is to evaluate functional and anatomical abnormalities as pathophysiologic substrates of dysfunction diastolic and the onset of heart failure at preserved ejection fraction, furthermore in partecipants who, during the baseline visit, will show cardiac alterations the execution of a cardiac magnetic resonance examination will be evaluated.
Time frame: 3 months
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