A Steep Increase in the HeartLogic Index Predicts COVID-19 Disease in an Advanced Heart Failure Patient
We present a patient with severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy in whom the HeartLogic algorithm was activated on her Boston Scientific cardioverter defibrillator. She had an out-of-alert state for several months and had clinically “stable” heart failure with no hospitalizations in the last 6 months. A...
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| description | We present a patient with severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy in whom the HeartLogic algorithm was activated on her Boston Scientific cardioverter defibrillator. She had an out-of-alert state for several months and had clinically “stable” heart failure with no hospitalizations in the last 6 months. A sudden and fast increase of the HeartLogic index preceded her presentation in the emergency ward by several days. The detailed readout of HeartLogic however had some atypical features for heart failure decompensation. The patient presented at the emergency department with an increased dyspnea and a dry cough. Clinical exam showed desaturation and was suggestive for an acute respiratory infection. Subsequent imaging with CT thorax and nasopharyngeal real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed SARS-CoV-2 viral pneumonia (COVID-19). This case illustrates that a timely and detailed analysis of HeartLogic alerts could help in the early differentiation of disease in patients with severe heart failure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b5356c81dab94abfab85093a8cc5e6ee2025-08-20T02:23:23ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88961528896152A Steep Increase in the HeartLogic Index Predicts COVID-19 Disease in an Advanced Heart Failure PatientWard Heggermont0Pham Anh Hong Nguyen1Chirik-Wah Lau2Kurt Tournoy3Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Cardiology, OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst-Asse-Ninove, Aalst, BelgiumDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst-Asse-Ninove, Aalst, BelgiumCardiovascular Research Center, Department of Cardiology, OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst-Asse-Ninove, Aalst, BelgiumDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, OLV Ziekenhuis Aalst-Asse-Ninove, Aalst, BelgiumWe present a patient with severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy in whom the HeartLogic algorithm was activated on her Boston Scientific cardioverter defibrillator. She had an out-of-alert state for several months and had clinically “stable” heart failure with no hospitalizations in the last 6 months. A sudden and fast increase of the HeartLogic index preceded her presentation in the emergency ward by several days. The detailed readout of HeartLogic however had some atypical features for heart failure decompensation. The patient presented at the emergency department with an increased dyspnea and a dry cough. Clinical exam showed desaturation and was suggestive for an acute respiratory infection. Subsequent imaging with CT thorax and nasopharyngeal real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed SARS-CoV-2 viral pneumonia (COVID-19). This case illustrates that a timely and detailed analysis of HeartLogic alerts could help in the early differentiation of disease in patients with severe heart failure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8896152 |
| spellingShingle | Ward Heggermont Pham Anh Hong Nguyen Chirik-Wah Lau Kurt Tournoy A Steep Increase in the HeartLogic Index Predicts COVID-19 Disease in an Advanced Heart Failure Patient Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | A Steep Increase in the HeartLogic Index Predicts COVID-19 Disease in an Advanced Heart Failure Patient |
| title_full | A Steep Increase in the HeartLogic Index Predicts COVID-19 Disease in an Advanced Heart Failure Patient |
| title_fullStr | A Steep Increase in the HeartLogic Index Predicts COVID-19 Disease in an Advanced Heart Failure Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Steep Increase in the HeartLogic Index Predicts COVID-19 Disease in an Advanced Heart Failure Patient |
| title_short | A Steep Increase in the HeartLogic Index Predicts COVID-19 Disease in an Advanced Heart Failure Patient |
| title_sort | steep increase in the heartlogic index predicts covid 19 disease in an advanced heart failure patient |
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