Development of a COVID-19 Point-of-Care Ultrasound Protocol
As reported in recent American Society of Echocardiography statements by Kirkpatrick et al.1 and Johri et al.,2 point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis of cardiovascular pathology, including the assessment of myocardial injury in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection. B uonsenso et al.3 in another publication suggested that lung ultrasound could replace stethoscopes in order to reduce the risk for exposure.
Source: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - Category: Cardiology Authors: Gary Huang, Alexander Vengerovsky, Amy Morris, James Town, David Carlbom, Younghoon Kwon Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
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