%0 Journal Article
%T Echocardiographic Manifestations in COVID-19: A Review.
%A Carrizales-Sepúlveda EF
%A Vera-Pineda R
%A Flores-Ramírez R
%A Hernández-Guajardo DA
%A Pérez-Contreras E
%A Lozano-Ibarra MM
%A Ordaz-Farías A
%J Heart Lung Circ
%V 30
%N 8
%D Aug 2021
%M 33715970
%F 2.838
%R 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.02.004
%X COVID-19 has rapidly spread around the world and threatened global health. Although this disease mainly affects the respiratory system, there is increasing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 also has effects on the cardiovascular system. Echocardiography is a valuable tool in the assessment of cardiovascular disease. It is cost-effective, widely available and provides information that can influence management. Given the risk of personnel infection and equipment contamination during echocardiography, leading world societies have recommended performing echocardiography only when a clinical benefit is likely, favouring focussed evaluations and using smaller portable equipment. In the past months, multiple reports have described a wide pattern of echocardiographic abnormalities in patients with COVID-19. This review summarises these findings and discusses the possible mechanisms involved.