Echocardiographic detection of transpulmonary bubble transit during coronavirus-2019 disease (COVID-19) Deteccion ecocardiografica del transito transpulmonar de burbujas durante la enfermedad por coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19)

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transpulmonary bubble transit (TPBT) detected with contrast echocardiography is reported as a sign of intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunt. However, its pathological meaning is not clear during coronavirus-2019 disease (COVID-19) related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Our aim was to determine the prevalence and clinical significance of TPBT detection during COVID-19 related ARDS.

Methods

We carried out a prospective observational study performed in a high complexity intensive care unit from Argentina. Patients with COVID-19 related ARDS underwent transthoracic echocardiography with saline contrast. Moderate-to-large TPBT was defined as right-to-left passage of at least twelve bubbles to left chambers after at least three cardiac cycles and complete o

SUBMITTER: Carboni Bisso I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9998296 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature