Evaluation of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms and their relationship with subclinical myocardial dysfunction by left ventricular global longitudinal strain in patients who recovered from COVID-19

Association between different dimensions of anger and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in at-risk cardiovascular patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has a 47% increased risk of developing heart failure within 7 years ( 6 ). The common underlying mechanisms are disorders and dysfunctions in the autonomic nervous system ( 7 ) with hyperactivity in the sympathetic system and concomitant hypoactivity in the parasympathetic system ( 8 ). The other neuropsychological mechanisms run via the brain-heart axis.…”

Does chest wall conformation influence myocardial strain parameters in COVID-19 patients with anxiety disorders?

“…Baykiz et al 4 should be congratulated for their scientific interest and effort, trying to evaluate depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms and their relationship with subclinical myocardial dysfunction assessed by LV-GLS, in patients who had recovered from COVID-19 infection. 4 The authors hypothesized that patients who suffered from COVID-19 may be more prone to develop anxiety after recovery.…”

“…Baykiz et al 4 should be congratulated for their scientific interest and effort, trying to evaluate depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms and their relationship with subclinical myocardial dysfunction assessed by LV-GLS, in patients who had recovered from COVID-19 infection. 4 The authors hypothesized that patients who suffered from COVID-19 may be more prone to develop anxiety after recovery. A statistically significant negative correlation between LV-GLS values and a number of measures of event-specific distress, such as the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)-21 total score, the DASS-21 anxiety subscale score, the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) total score, the IES-R intrusion subscale and finally the IES-R hyperarousal score, was demonstrated in COVID-19 patients, especially in those patients with comorbid diseases or severe pneumonia.…”

“…It is then possible that the statistically significant correlation between LV-GLS and psychological distress symptoms detected in patients recovered from COVID-19 infection by Baykiz et al, might also be influenced by chest conformation and obesity in such patients, aside from comorbidities and severe pneumonia. 4 …”