Tendentious Paper—Titles and Wrong Conclusions Lead to Fear in the Population and Medical Overconsumption. Comment on Luchian et al. Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Persistent Dyspnea One Year after COVID-19. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 57

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This week I read a press release from the University Hospital of Brussels with the title “30% of hospitalised COVID-19 patients have a heart defect one year after acute illness” [...]

Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Persistent Dyspnea One Year after COVID-19—Why Should Screening for Cardiovascular Diseases Be Performed? Reply to Vankrunkelsven, P. Tendentious Paper—Titles and Wrong Conclusions Lead to Fear in the Population and Medical Overconsumption. Comment on “Luchian et al. Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Persistent Dyspnea One Year after COVID-19. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 57”

“…We have read with interest the comment by Vankrunkelsven P. [ 1 ] on the results of our study emphasizing the subtle cardiac changes attributed to SARS-CoV-2 infection following an acute episode of COVID-19 pneumonia. A total of 66 COVID-19 patients without a previous history of cardiorespiratory diseases were evaluated at 12 months for potential subclinical cardiac dysfunction following the acute infection [ 2 ].…”