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ABSTRACT: Background
Three cases of the application of focused cardiac ultrasound in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 are presented.Methods
Cardiac point-of-care ultrasound, limited transthoracic echocardiography, and critical care echocardiography were applied in cases of heart failure, pulmonary embolism, and myocarditis with thrombus respectively.Results
The impact on patient management and the global context of each presentation are discussed.Conclusions
Focused cardiac point-of-care ultrasound played an important, front-line role in the bedside management of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China.
SUBMITTER: Zhang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7144595 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Li L Wang Bin B Zhou Jianhua J Kirkpatrick James J Xie Mingxing M Johri Amer M AM
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 20200409 6
<h4>Background</h4>Three cases of the application of focused cardiac ultrasound in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 are presented.<h4>Methods</h4>Cardiac point-of-care ultrasound, limited transthoracic echocardiography, and critical care echocardiography were applied in cases of heart failure, pulmonary embolism, and myocarditis with thrombus respectively.<h4>Results</h4>The impact on patient management and the global context of each presentation are discussed.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Focused c ...[more]