Reshaping of Italian Echocardiographic Laboratories Activities during the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic and Expectations for the Post-Pandemic Era.
Quirino CiampiFrancesco Antonini-CanterinAndrea BarbieriAgata BarchittaFrank BenedettoAlberto CrestiSofia MiceliInes Paola MonteLicia PetrellaGiuseppe TrocinoIolanda AquilaGiovanni BarbatiValentina BarlettaDaniele BaroneMonica BeraldiGianluigi BergandiGiuseppe BilardoGiuseppe BorianiEduardo BossoneAmedeo BongarzoniFrancesca Elisa BovolatoFrancesca BursiValeria CammalleriMarco CarbonellaGrazia CasavecchiaSebastiano CiccoGiovanni CioffiRosangela CocchiaPaolo ColonnaLauro CortigianiUmberto CucchiniMaria Grazia D'AlfonsoAntonello D'AndreaLuca Dell'AngelaIlaria DentamaroMarcella De PaolisPaola De StefanisWanda DesteMaria Di FulvioGiovanna Di GiannuarioDaniela Di LisiConcetta Di NoraIacopo FabianiRoberta EspositoFabio FazzariLuigi FerraraGemma FiliceDavide FornoEnrico GiustinianoCosimo Angelo GrecoGian Luca IannuzziAnnibale IzzoAlberto Maria LanzoneAlessandro MalagoliVincenzo ManuppelliSimona MegaElisa MerliMargherita MinisteriDoralisa MorroneCosimo NapoletanoGuido PastoriniGuido PastoriniChiara PedoneEnrica PetruccelliMaria Vincenza PolitoVincenzo PolizziCostantina ProtaFausto RigoDante Eduardo RivabenSilvio SaponaraAngela SciacquaChiara SartoriVirginia ScarabeoWalter SerraSergio SeverinoLuciano SpinelliAntonio TotaBruno VillariScipione CarerjEugenio Picanonull SIECoVId Study Group On Behalf Of The Italian Society Of Echocardiography And Cardiovascular Imaging SiecviPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
In one year, major changes occurred in echocardiography practice and culture. The examination structure changed with extensive usage of point-of-care cardiac ultrasound and with lung ultrasound embedded by default in the TTE examination, as well as the COVID-19 testing.