Abstract
At our institution, 2 of the initial 7 pregnant patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 severe infection (28.6%; 95% CI, 8.2%-64.1%) developed cardiac dysfunction with moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fractions of 40%-45% and hypokinesis. Viral myocarditis and cardiomyopathy have also been reported in nonpregnant coronavirus disease 2019 patients. A case series of nonpregnant patients with coronavirus disease 2019 found that 33% of those in intensive care developed cardiomyopathy. More data are needed to ascertain the incidence of cardiomyopathy from coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnancy, in all pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019, and those with severe disease (eg, pneumonia). We suggest an echocardiogram in pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia, in particular those necessitating oxygen, or those who are critically ill, and we recommend the use of handheld, point-of-care devices where possible to minimize contamination of staff and traditional large echocardiogram machines.
Keywords: COVID-19; cardiomyopathy; novel coronavirus; pregnancy.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Novel coronavirus, Pregnancy, Cardiomyopathy, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, Severe infection, intensive care, Pneumonia, oxygen, pregnant women, point-of-care, Pregnancy, Contamination, Critically ill, Patient, incidence, patients, severe disease, dysfunction, Echocardiogram, Ejection fraction, viral myocarditis, 95% CI, initial, reported, reduced, case sery, nonpregnant, pregnant patient, ventricular, 【제목키워드】 coronavirus, Pregnancy,