Echocardiography and Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in COVID-19 Patients

Alberto Cresti; Agata Barchitta; Andrea Barbieri; Ines Paola Monte; Giuseppe Trocino; Quirino Ciampi; Sofia Miceli; Licia Petrella; Emilija Jaric; Marco Solari; Cristina Basso; Mauro Pepi; Francesco Antonini-Canterin

doi:10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_58_20

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Year : 2020 | Volume : 30 | Issue : 6 | Page : 18-24

Echocardiography and Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in COVID-19 Patients

Alberto Cresti¹, Agata Barchitta², Andrea Barbieri³, Ines Paola Monte⁴, Giuseppe Trocino⁵, Quirino Ciampi⁶, Sofia Miceli⁷, Licia Petrella⁸, Emilija Jaric⁹, Marco Solari¹, Cristina Basso¹⁰, Mauro Pepi¹¹, Francesco Antonini-Canterin¹²
¹ Department of Cardioneurovascular Diseases, Misericordia Hospital, Italy
² Sub Intensive Care Unit, San Antonio Hospital, Padova, Italy
³ Cardiology, AOU of Modena, Modena, Italy
⁴ Cardiology, AOU Policlinic, University of Catania, Italy
⁵ Cardiology, Hospital of Desio (MB), Desio, Italy
⁶ Cardiology, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Benevento, Italy
⁷ Geriatrics, AOU Mater-Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
⁸ Cardiology, “Mazzini” Hospital, Teramo, Italy
⁹ Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
¹⁰ Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
¹¹ Monzino Cardiology Center, IRCCS, Milano, Italy
¹² Rehabilitative Cardiology, Ospedale Riabilitativo di Alta Specializzazione di Motta di Livenza (TV), Treviso, Veneto, Italy

Correspondence Address:
Alberto Cresti
Department of Cardioneurovascular, Azienda Sanitaria Toscana Sud Est, Ospedale Misericordia, Grosseto
Italy

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_58_20

The pandemic caused by the new SARS-CoV-2, named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease, has challenged the health-care systems and raised new diagnostic pathways and safety issues for cardiac imagers. Myocardial injury may complicate COVID-19 infection in more than a quarter of patients and due to the wide a range of possible insults, cardiac imaging plays a crucial diagnostic and prognostic role. There is still little evidence regarding the best-imaging pathway and the echocardiographic findings. Most of the data derive from the single centers experiences and case-reports; therefore, our review reflects the recommendations mainly based on expert opinion. Moreover, knowledge is constantly evolving. The health-care system and physicians are called to reorganize the diagnostic pathways to minimize the possibility of spreading the infection. Thus a rapid, bedside, ultrasound assessment of the heart, chest, and leg veins by point-of-care ultrasound seems to be the first-line tool of the fight against the SARS-CoV-2. A second Level of cardiac imaging is appropriate when the result may guide decision-making or may be life-saving. Dedicated scanners should be used and special pathways should be reserved for these patients. The current knowledge on cardiac imaging COVID-19 patients is reviewed.

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