European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging · Sep 2020
Multicenter StudyGlobal evaluation of echocardiography in patients with COVID-19.
To describe the cardiac abnormalities in patients with COVID-19 and identify the characteristics of patients who would benefit most from echocardiography. ⋯ In this global survey, cardiac abnormalities were observed in half of all COVID-19 patients undergoing echocardiography. Abnormalities were often unheralded or severe, and imaging changed management in one-third of patients.