Cardiac involvement has been frequently reported in COVID-19 as responsible of increased morbidity and mortality. Given the importance of right heart function in acute and chronic respiratory diseases, its assessment in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients may add prognostic accuracy. Transthoracic echocardiography has been proposed to early predict myocardial injury and risk of death in hospitalized patients. This systematic review presents the up-to-date sum of literature regarding right ventricle ultrasound assessment. We evaluated commonly used echocardiographic parameters to assess RV function and discussed their relationship with pathophysiological mechanisms involved in COVID-19. We searched Medline and Embase for studies that used transthoracic echocardiography for right ventricle assessment in patients with COVID-19.

Echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle in COVID-19: a systematic review / S. Ghidini, A. Gasperetti, D. Winterton, M. Vicenzi, M. Busana, G. Pedrazzini, L. Biasco, G. Tersalvi. - In: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING. - ISSN 1569-5794. - 37:12(2021), pp. 3499-3512. [10.1007/s10554-021-02353-6]

Echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle in COVID-19: a systematic review

S. Ghidini
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M. Vicenzi;M. Busana;
2021

Abstract

Cardiac involvement has been frequently reported in COVID-19 as responsible of increased morbidity and mortality. Given the importance of right heart function in acute and chronic respiratory diseases, its assessment in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients may add prognostic accuracy. Transthoracic echocardiography has been proposed to early predict myocardial injury and risk of death in hospitalized patients. This systematic review presents the up-to-date sum of literature regarding right ventricle ultrasound assessment. We evaluated commonly used echocardiographic parameters to assess RV function and discussed their relationship with pathophysiological mechanisms involved in COVID-19. We searched Medline and Embase for studies that used transthoracic echocardiography for right ventricle assessment in patients with COVID-19.
Echocardiography; Pulmonary hypertension; Right ventricle; SARS-CoV-2
Settore MED/11 - Malattie dell'Apparato Cardiovascolare
2021
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