Heart ultrasound in COVID-19
https://doi.org/10.18705/1607-419X-2020-26-3-270-276
Abstract
Given the risk of cardiovascular complications in COVID-19, including exacerbation of pre-existing heart disease, acute myocardial injury, and drug-related cardiac arrhythmias, echocardiography (ECHO) is one of the main diagnostic methods for examining patients with suspected infection or confirmed disease. The article presents the main statements regarding transthoracic ECHO during a pandemic. The main issues related to the FOCUS ECHO are described, as it may play important diagnostic role in case of suspected myocarditis, which can be one of the manifestations of heart damage of coronavirus infection.
About the Authors
O. N. Dzhioeva
National Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga N. Dzhioeva, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Department for Fundamental and Applied Issues of Obesity
10–3 Petroverigskiy lane, Moscow, 101990
Phone: 8(495)623–86–36
O. M. Drapkina
National Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oksana M. Drapkina, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director
Moscow
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Dzhioeva O.N., Drapkina O.M. Heart ultrasound in COVID-19. "Arterial’naya Gipertenziya" ("Arterial Hypertension"). 2020;26(3):270-276. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18705/1607-419X-2020-26-3-270-276
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