Key result
Cardiovascular imaging modalities, including echocardiography, CMR, and CT, are essential for identifying and managing COVID-19 complications such as myocarditis, pulmonary embolism, and arrhythmias.
Why the study?
Increasing reports reveal cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 in acute and longer-term phases, creating a need to review cardiac imaging options for full and accurate diagnosis.
Multimodality cardiac imaging (echocardiography, CMR, and CT) provides critical diagnostic and prognostic information for managing the diverse cardiovascular complications associated with COVID-19.
May guide COVID-19 complication detection; leaves open prospective validation of protocols and outcomes.
The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 which mainly involve the respiratory system may however affect also cardiovascular system. There are a lot and still increasing numbers of reports revealing cardiovascular complications of COVID-19, which may occur in the acute phase as well as during longer follow-up period. The most clinically important diseases include: pulmonary embolism (PE), myocarditis, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS) as well as arrhythmias with the very common atrial fibrillation (AF) and pericarditis. In this review, we present cardiac imaging options in patients with and after coronavirus infection, showing potential utility for expanding and improving the full and accurate diagnosis of potential complications. We considered echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography (CT) in turn, highlighting their best advantages in patients affected by COVID-19.
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Duraj et al. (2023) conducted a review in COVID-19 cardiovascular complications. Cardiovascular imaging (Echocardiography, CMR, CT) was evaluated. Cardiovascular imaging modalities, including echocardiography, CMR, and CT, are essential for identifying and managing COVID-19 complications such as myocarditis, pulmonary embolism, and arrhythmias.
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