Echocardiographic Manifestations in COVID-19: A Review

COVID-19 has rapidly spread around the world and threatened global health. Although this disease mainly affects the respiratory system, there is increasing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 also has effects on the cardiovascular system. Echocardiography is a valuable tool in the assessment of cardiovascular...

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Published in:Heart, lung & circulation lung & circulation, 2021-08, Vol.30 (8), p.1117-1129
Main Authors: Carrizales-Sepúlveda, Edgar Francisco, Vera-Pineda, Raymundo, Flores-Ramírez, Ramiro, Hernández-Guajardo, Dalí Alejandro, Pérez-Contreras, Eduardo, Lozano-Ibarra, Marcelo Mario, Ordaz-Farías, Alejandro
Format: Article
Language:English
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COVID-19
Echocardiography
Myocardial injury
Review
Systemic inflammation
Ventricular function
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Summary:COVID-19 has rapidly spread around the world and threatened global health. Although this disease mainly affects the respiratory system, there is increasing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 also has effects on the cardiovascular system. Echocardiography is a valuable tool in the assessment of cardiovascular disease. It is cost-effective, widely available and provides information that can influence management. Given the risk of personnel infection and equipment contamination during echocardiography, leading world societies have recommended performing echocardiography only when a clinical benefit is likely, favouring focussed evaluations and using smaller portable equipment. In the past months, multiple reports have described a wide pattern of echocardiographic abnormalities in patients with COVID-19. This review summarises these findings and discusses the possible mechanisms involved.
ISSN:1443-9506
1444-2892
DOI:10.1016/j.hlc.2021.02.004