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- The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how inpatient echocardiography is delivered, focusing on key clinical questions that can impact management quickly.
- Handheld echocardiography (HHE) is proposed as a first-line assessment tool to reduce scanning time and minimize exposure to the virus.
- The article outlines a protocol and reporting template for a focused echocardiography service during the pandemic, emphasizing the capabilities of trained echocardiography teams to identify critical heart conditions in COVID-19 patients using limited imaging.
Article Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered our approach to inpatient echocardiography delivery. There is now a greater focus to address key clinical questions likely to make an immediate impact in management, particularly during the period of widespread infection. Handheld echocardiography (HHE) can be used as a first-line assessment tool, limiting scanning time and exposure to high viral load. This article describes a potential role for HHE during a pandemic. We propose a protocol with a reporting template for a focused core dataset necessary in delivering an acute echocardiography service in the setting of a highly contagious disease, minimising risk to the operator. We cover the scenarios typically encountered in the acute cardiology setting and how an expert trained echocardiography team can identify such pathologies using a limited imaging format and include cardiac presentations encountered in those patients acutely unwell with COVID-19.
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