Value of standard echocardiography at the bedside for COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: a Japanese single-center analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In the era of COVID-19, those special settings or indications for which standard transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) can safely produce benefits or advantages over minimized ultrasound imaging procedures need to be identified. Thus, the purpose of this study was to conduct a retrospective analysis with offline comprehensive conventional measurement of bilateral heart function and develop an appropriate prognostic model for in-hospital death.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of 37 consecutive patients with COVID-19, confirmed by real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay, who had undergone clinically indicated standard two-dimensional echocardiographic studies in intensive care wards. Offline comprehensive measurement was also perfor

SUBMITTER: Nagai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368052 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature