One-year Cardiac Follow-up of Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia

Although COVID-19 manifests in most cases with respiratory symptoms, cardiovascular abnormalities is common in hospitalized patients. Patients with cardiovascular risk factors or established disease appear to have a worse prognosis. Myocardial dysfunction could be a direct manifestation of COVID-19. The investigators hypothesize that subjects after COVID-19 pneumonia present myocardial and vascular remodeling during 1 year after discharge, even in the absence of prior cardiovascular disease.