CMR Findings in COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A Review on Parametric Mapping, Feature-Tracking, and LGE
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization raised the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status to a pandemic level. The disease caused a global outbreak with devastating consequences, and a fair percentage of patients who have recovered from it continue experiencing persistent sequelae. Henc...
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| author | Mary Luz Mojica-Pisciotti Roman Panovský Tomáš Holeček Lukáš Opatřil |
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| description | On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization raised the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status to a pandemic level. The disease caused a global outbreak with devastating consequences, and a fair percentage of patients who have recovered from it continue experiencing persistent sequelae. Hence, identifying the medium and long-term effects of the COVID-19 disease is crucial for its future management. In particular, cardiac complications, from affected function to myocardial injuries, have been reported in these patients. Considering that cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is the gold standard in diagnosing myocardial involvement and has more advantages than other medical imaging modalities, assessing the outcomes of patients who recovered from COVID-19 with CMR could prove beneficial. This review compiles common findings in CMR in patients from the general population who recovered from COVID-19. The CMR-based techniques comprised parametric mapping for analyzing myocardial composition, feature tracking for studying regional heart deformation, and late gadolinium enhancement for detecting compromised areas in the cardiac muscle. A total of 19 studies were included. The evidence suggests that it is more likely to find signs of myocardial injury in patients who recovered from COVID-19 than in healthy controls, including changes in T1 and T2 mapping relaxation times, affected strain, or the presence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) lesions. However, more than two years after the outbreak, there is still a lack of consensus about how these parameters may indicate cardiac involvement in patients who recovered from the disease, as limited and contradictory data is available. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c38c6b6c89a4052a7ebeec3c030baa72022-12-22T04:36:36ZengIMR PressReviews in Cardiovascular Medicine1530-65502022-10-01231135510.31083/j.rcm2311355S1530-6550(22)00724-4CMR Findings in COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A Review on Parametric Mapping, Feature-Tracking, and LGEMary Luz Mojica-Pisciotti0Roman Panovský1Tomáš Holeček2Lukáš Opatřil3International Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, 60200 Brno, Czech RepublicInternational Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, 60200 Brno, Czech RepublicInternational Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, 60200 Brno, Czech RepublicInternational Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, 60200 Brno, Czech RepublicOn March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization raised the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status to a pandemic level. The disease caused a global outbreak with devastating consequences, and a fair percentage of patients who have recovered from it continue experiencing persistent sequelae. Hence, identifying the medium and long-term effects of the COVID-19 disease is crucial for its future management. In particular, cardiac complications, from affected function to myocardial injuries, have been reported in these patients. Considering that cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is the gold standard in diagnosing myocardial involvement and has more advantages than other medical imaging modalities, assessing the outcomes of patients who recovered from COVID-19 with CMR could prove beneficial. This review compiles common findings in CMR in patients from the general population who recovered from COVID-19. The CMR-based techniques comprised parametric mapping for analyzing myocardial composition, feature tracking for studying regional heart deformation, and late gadolinium enhancement for detecting compromised areas in the cardiac muscle. A total of 19 studies were included. The evidence suggests that it is more likely to find signs of myocardial injury in patients who recovered from COVID-19 than in healthy controls, including changes in T1 and T2 mapping relaxation times, affected strain, or the presence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) lesions. However, more than two years after the outbreak, there is still a lack of consensus about how these parameters may indicate cardiac involvement in patients who recovered from the disease, as limited and contradictory data is available.https://www.imrpress.com/journal/RCM/23/11/10.31083/j.rcm2311355magnetic resonance imagesars-cov-2parametric mappingfeature trackinglate gadolinium enhancement |
| spellingShingle | Mary Luz Mojica-Pisciotti Roman Panovský Tomáš Holeček Lukáš Opatřil CMR Findings in COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A Review on Parametric Mapping, Feature-Tracking, and LGE Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine magnetic resonance image sars-cov-2 parametric mapping feature tracking late gadolinium enhancement |
| title | CMR Findings in COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A Review on Parametric Mapping, Feature-Tracking, and LGE |
| title_full | CMR Findings in COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A Review on Parametric Mapping, Feature-Tracking, and LGE |
| title_fullStr | CMR Findings in COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A Review on Parametric Mapping, Feature-Tracking, and LGE |
| title_full_unstemmed | CMR Findings in COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A Review on Parametric Mapping, Feature-Tracking, and LGE |
| title_short | CMR Findings in COVID-19 Recovered Patients: A Review on Parametric Mapping, Feature-Tracking, and LGE |
| title_sort | cmr findings in covid 19 recovered patients a review on parametric mapping feature tracking and lge |
| topic | magnetic resonance image sars-cov-2 parametric mapping feature tracking late gadolinium enhancement |
| url | https://www.imrpress.com/journal/RCM/23/11/10.31083/j.rcm2311355 |
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