Right ventricular dysfunction and right ventricular–arterial uncoupling at admission increase the in‐hospital mortality in patients with COVID‐19 disease

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 38; no. 8; pp. 1345 - 1351
• Main Authors: Manzur‐Sandoval, Daniel, García‐Cruz, Edgar, Gopar‐Nieto, Rodrigo, Arteaga‐Cárdenas, Gerardo, Rascón‐Sabido, Rafael, Mendoza‐Copa, Gastón, Lazcano‐Díaz, Emmanuel, Barajas‐Campos, Ricardo Leopoldo, Jordán‐Ríos, Antonio, Rodríguez‐Jiménez, Gian Manuel, Martínez, Daniel Sierra‐Lara, Murillo‐Ochoa, Adriana Lizeth, Díaz‐Méndez, Arturo, Bucio‐Reta, Eduardo, Rojas‐Velasco, Gustavo, Baranda‐Tovar, Francisco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.08.2021
• Subjects: COVID‐19 disease; critical care echocardiography; Editors Pick; Original; right ventricular dysfunction

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) frequently involves cardiovascular manifestations such as right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and alterations in pulmonary hemodynamics. We evaluated the application of the critical care ultrasonography ORACLE protocol to identify the most frequent alter...