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Potential Correlation Between Hematological Parameters and Palpitation in Outpatients With COVID-19: A Retrospective
Lei Zhang1, Ting Chen2, Ling Wei2
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Background:
Research on heart injury caused by COVID-19 is limited to large observational and retrospective cohort studies using imaging or pathological data. Reported changes in the levels of myocardial markers in severe diseases have been limited, with few studies on mild infections. The effects of COVID-19 on cardiac function and changes in myocardial marker levels have not yet been reported.
Methods:
We analyzed data from outpatient blood samples collected at Beijing Anzhen Hospital during the 2022 COVID-19 outbreak and used the same periods in 2020 and 2021 as controls, focusing on changes in routine blood tests, coagulation, myocardial markers, and other blood indices in patients with palpitations.
Results:
The number of patients with palpitations increased by 4.87-fold during the COVID-19 mass outbreak in 2022. The indices of myocardial damage did not show any symptom-related increases but decreased within the normal range. The proportion of patients with palpitations whose D-dimer and fibrinogen/fibrin degradation product (FDP) values exceeded the reference ranges increased, as did the numbers of neutrophils, monocytes, and platelets. In this retrospective analysis, we found little change in the myocardial markers in patients with mild COVID-19.
Conclusions:
In patients with mild COVID-19, attention should be diverted from detecting myocardial markers to changes in coagulation test results, focusing on the levels of coagulation indices to improve circulation and prevent thrombosis.
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