⚠️Right ventricle (RV) enlargement was the best predictor of which severe #COVID19 patients were most likely to die. RV enlargement can be caused by high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension) via clots, lung damage, obesity...
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RV enlargement way be associative, not causative, for increased risk of death from #coronavirus.
Increased lung damage and/or clots in the pulmonary vasculature▶️pulmonary hypertension▶️RV enlargement
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Increased lung damage and/or clots in the pulmonary vasculature▶️pulmonary hypertension▶️RV enlargement
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👇🏼Link to the published single-center study in @JACCJournals.
Of 105 #COVID19 patients, 31% had dilation of the RV based on an echocardiogram. Of these, 41% died by the end of the study period, compared to 11% of those without RV enlargement.
imaging.onlinejacc.org/content/jimg/e…
Of 105 #COVID19 patients, 31% had dilation of the RV based on an echocardiogram. Of these, 41% died by the end of the study period, compared to 11% of those without RV enlargement.
imaging.onlinejacc.org/content/jimg/e…
On multivariate analysis (statistical analysis), right ventricular enlargement was the only variable significantly associated with mortality in patients with severe #COVID19 (odds ratio 4.5, 95% confidence internal 1.5-13.7, p = 0.005).
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