Impact of Right Ventricular Dysfunction on Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19, According to Race.

Background: Epidemiologic studies suggest that Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) patients may be at risk of worse outcomes from coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), but the pathophysiological drivers for this association are unknown. This study sought to investigate the relationship between findings on echocardiography, mortality, and race in COVID-19 pneumonia.

Methods: This was a multicentre, retrospective, observational study including 164 adults (aged 61 ± 13 years; 78% male; 36% BAME) hospitalized with COVID-19 undergoing echocardiography between March 16 and May 9, 2020 at 3 days (interquartile range 2-5) from admission.

Retraction: The Use of CT Coronary Angiography and CT Fractional Flow Reserve in the Investigation of Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.7759/cureus.7908.

The Use of CT Coronary Angiography and CT Fractional Flow Reserve in the Investigation of Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease.

Objective To assess the diagnostic performance of CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) and to assess whether its use in addition to CT coronary angiography (CTCA) changed the investigation and management of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Method A retrospective case note review was carried out for 200 consecutive patients at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, United Kingdom, who had CTCA sent for Heartflow CT-FFR analysis (HeartFlow, Redwood City, CA) between January 2018 and December 2019. Results Patients with CT-FFR > 0.