Key result
This review highlights the cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 and discusses the potential role of echocardiography during the critical period and follow-up.
Why the study?
Although COVID-19 mainly manifests with respiratory symptoms, severe cardiovascular damage can occur and many patients have cardiovascular metabolic comorbidities with an increased risk of death.
What are the cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 and what is the potential role of echocardiography in patient management?
What are the cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 and what is the potential role of echocardiography in patient management?
This review highlights the cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 and discusses the utility of echocardiography in managing these patients.
Echocardiography may aid COVID-19 cardiac assessment; leaves open standardized protocols and outcome impact.
Although clinical manifestations of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) mainly consist of respiratory symptoms, a severe cardiovascular damage may occur. Moreover, previous studies reported a correlation of cardiovascular metabolic diseases with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and actually, many COVID-19 patients show comorbidities (systemic hypertension, cardio-cerebrovascular disease, and diabetes) and have a raised risk of death. The purpose of this review is to focus the cardiovascular effects of 2019-nCoV on the base of the most recent specific literature and previous learnings from SARS and MERS and analyze the potential role of echocardiography during the current critical period and short- and long-term follow-up.
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Capotosto et al. (2020) conducted a review in COVID-19. Echocardiography was evaluated. This review highlights the cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 and discusses the potential role of echocardiography during the critical period and follow-up.
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