Sakarya Tıp Dergisi (Sep 2022)

Long Term Effects of Mild Severity COVID-19 on Left Ventricular Functions

  • Yasemin Kaya,
  • Celali Kurt,
  • Seçkin Dereli,
  • Feyza Nur Topçu Yenerçağ,
  • Ahmet Karagöz,
  • Osman Bektaş

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.1092699
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. 422 – 429

Abstract

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Objective: We aimed to evaluate long term effects of COVID-19 disease on left ventricular function using speckle tracking echocardiography. Methods: In our study, 96 non-hospitalized patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 disease in our center between 15 August 2020 and 01 September 2020 and 96 age and gender matched control subjects were included. Results:The mean follow up duration was 137 ± 7 days. White blood cell, neutrophile and lymphocyte were significantly lower and C-reactive protein (CRP) and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were significantly higher in the COVID-19 group. (6.6 ± 2.8 vs. 24.4 ± 21.8, p

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