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Cardiac Imaging on COVID-19 Pandemic Era: the Stand, The Lost, and Found

Riccardo Liga1, Alessia Gimelli2

  • 1Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana and University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
|June 7, 2022
PubMed

Insights

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted cardiovascular health, increasing fatality rates. Non-invasive cardiac imaging is crucial for assessing the disease

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Imaging

Background:

  • The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic caused widespread healthcare system disruption.
  • COVID-19 has been linked to increased mortality rates for various acute and chronic conditions.
  • Healthcare resource reallocation led to reduced availability of diagnostic tests and treatments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular diseases.
  • To highlight the role of non-invasive cardiac imaging in managing COVID-19 patients with cardiac conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on COVID-19 and cardiovascular pathologies.
  • Focus on the application of multimodality non-invasive cardiac imaging techniques.

Main Results:

  • COVID-19 presents a complex challenge to cardiovascular health.
  • Multimodality cardiac imaging enables comprehensive assessment of myocardial perfusion, structure, and function in COVID-19 patients.
  • Imaging techniques are vital for understanding the multifaceted impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the cardiovascular system.

Conclusions:

  • Non-invasive cardiac imaging is essential for characterizing cardiovascular effects of COVID-19.
  • Advanced imaging aids in managing patients affected by the pandemic's cardiovascular complications.
Abstract

Keywords:
COVID-19Cardiac imagingMINOCATakotsubo

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