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Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of “de novo” cardiovascular findings (DNCFs) among post-COVID patients based on a basic cardiovascular diagnostic procedure. Moreover, to describe the patients’ results obtained by means of different diagnostic methods, to determine the clinical variables associated with DNCFs during the examination and, finally, to find out the diagnostic value of different data from the medical records (MRs). Materials and methods: Patients aged > 18 years who had COVID-19 either at the hospital or at home were evaluated by clinical interviews, physical examination, electrocardiogram (EKG), echocardiogram, routine lab tests and cardiac biomarkers between 30 and 120 days after discharge. A total of 246 patients (age: 52 ± 13 years; women: 48 %; mild, moderate and severe COVID-19: 37 %, 39 % and 24 %, respectively) were included in the s...
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