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. 2020 Jul 23;29:100604. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100604

Table 2.

Observational case series involving Clinical and laboratory characteristics, Outcomes in TTS with covid-19 patients.

Author Country and Sample (N) Age (N) Median (IQR) Comorbidities Clinical Features and Medical Illness during Hospitalization Ejection Fraction % median (IQR) ECG changes Cardiac Imaging Troponin I ng/L median (IQR) Improvement or Outcome Management
Giustino G USA
N:5
57 (39–65)/M Not Reported 4: Dyspnea
1: Chest pain (Acute Ischemic Stroke)
4: ARDS
4: AKI
36 (35–37) 2: ST Segment Elevation
1: Afib. with Rapid Ventricular response
1: Diffuse T wave Inversion
1: Sinus Tachycardia
4: Regional wall abnormalities typical of TTC including circumferential hypokinesis or akinesis of the apical and mid wall segments

1: patient had circumferential hypokinesis of the basal walls (consistent with reversed TTS).
11,400 (550–12,550) 2: Resolution of motion wall abnormalities on repeat TTE & discharged
1: Clinically improved & discharged
1: died on Mechanical Ventilation
1: died on VV ECMO
Not Reported

Abbreviations: IQR Interquartile range, VV ECMO veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, TTE: Trans-thoracic echocardiography, ARDS: Acute respiratory distress syndrome, AKI: Acute kidney injury, Afib: Atrial fibrillation, TTS: Takotsubo Syndrome, M: Male.