Combined lung and cardiac ultrasound in COVID-related acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Chiara LazzeriManuela BonizzoliStefano BatacchiFilippo SocciMarco Matucci-CerinicAdriano Peris

Published in: Internal and emergency medicine (2021)

In COVID-related ARDS, the combined lung and cardiac ultrasound proved to be an useful clinical tool in monitoring disease progression and in identifying parameters (LU score and RV/LV ratio) able to risk stratifying these patients.

Keyphrases

acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
coronavirus disease
sars cov
mechanical ventilation
magnetic resonance imaging
end stage renal disease
left ventricular
ejection fraction
mycobacterium tuberculosis
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
computed tomography