Post-COVID19 syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Patients with persistent clinical symptoms more than 3 months after inital COVID-19 infection with mild clinical course.
These patients are examined using cardiac MRI. If myocarditis is detec
Sponsors
Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: i.) Prior COVID-19-infection that did not require hospitalization and that was confirmed a positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. ii.) Persistent, post-infection cardiac symptoms such as chest pain, dyspnea, palpitations and exercise intolerance at time of assessment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: history of myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass surgery, coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease, prior myocarditis, and contraindications to CMR examination or gadolinium contrast agent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CMR parameter of heart function and myocardial changes: Left ventricular volumes, strain parameters (deformation parameters of the musculature), T2 and T1 parameters for myocardial edema and myocardial necrosis. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Occurrence of new clinical adverse events: death, stroke, new myocarditis, myocardial infarction, new onset heart failure. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactNadine Abanador-Kamper
Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal
Outcome results
None listed