Clinical InvestigationEchocardiography in COVID-19 InfectionEchocardiographic Correlates of In-Hospital Death in Patients with Acute COVID-19 Infection: The World Alliance Societies of Echocardiography (WASE-COVID) Study
Echocardiography in COVID-19 Infection
Keywords
Echocardiography
WASE
International
COVID-19
Mortality
Strain
Abbreviations
2CH
Two-chamber
4CH
Four-chamber
ACC
American College of Cardiology
AI
Artificial intelligence
ASE
American Society of Echocardiography
AUC
Area under the curve
BNP
Brain natriuretic peptide
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
CRP
C-reactive protein
EF
Ejection fraction
EACVI
European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
FWS
Free-wall strain
ICU
Intensive care unit
LDH
Lactic dehydrogenase
LV
Left ventricular
LS
Longitudinal strain
LVEDV
Left ventricular end-diastolic volume
LVEF
Left ventricular ejection fraction
LVESV
Left ventricular end-systolic volume
LVLS
Left ventricular longitudinal strain
MICE
Multiple imputations by chained equations
OR
Odds ratio
Q1
Quartile 1
Q3
Quartile 3
ROC
Receiver-operating characteristic
RV
Right ventricular, ventricle
RVBD
Right ventricular basal diameter
RVFWS
Right ventricular free-wall strain
RVLS
Right ventricular longitudinal strain
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
TTE
Transthoracic echocardiogram
ULN
Upper limit of normal
WASE
World Alliance Societies of Echocardiography
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Conflicts of Interests: G.M.W. and T.D. are employees of Ultromics. M.J.M. is on the advisory board and speaker's bureau for Bracco and Philips. R.M.L. is on the advisory board and speaker's bureau for Philips and the advisory board for Caption Health. F.M.A. received institutional (MedStar Health) research grants from TOMTEC, Ultromics, GE, and Caption Health and nonpaid scientific advisory committee for Ultromics. All other authors have no conflicts to disclose related to this work.
This work was supported by the American Society of Echocardiography Foundation, University of Chicago, and MedStar Health with in-kind support from Ultromics and TOMTEC.
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A full list of additional WASE-COVID investigators is provided after the conclusion.
2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the American Society of Echocardiography.