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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN COVID-19 • The Predictive Role of Combined Cardiac and Lung Ultrasound in Coronavirus Disease 2019

Despite the recognition of the prognostic significance and clinical implications of the cardiac complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), both the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography recommend limiting the echocardiographic assessme...
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH • Pneumothorax Diagnosis with Lung Sliding Quantification by Speckle Tracking: A Prospective Multicentric Observational Study

Lung ultrasound is commonly used for the diagnosis of pneumothorax, when the absence of pleural sliding, B-lines and lung pulse, or by the presence of a lung point, has been recommended to make the ultrasound diagnosis of pneumothorax......
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Research Letter: Lung Ultrasound Can Predict Response to the Prone Position in Awake Non-Intubated Patients with COVID-19 Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Prone positioning (PP) is often used in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). While studies have demonstrated positive effects on oxygenation in awake and non-intubated patients, it isn't effective in every case......
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Original Article: Unanticipated Critical Findings on Echocardiography in Septic Patients

Use of echocardiography to manage patients with sepsis has become routine. Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) now considered appropriate in management of patients in shock or where TTE is likely to change management......
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Research Letter: A longitudinal cohort of stress cardiomyopathy assessed with speckletracking echocardiography after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.

When assessed with speckle-tracking echography, stress cardiomyopathy is seen in about a third of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). ...
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