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Review
. 2023 Feb;42(2):269-277.
doi: 10.1002/jum.16068. Epub 2022 Jul 30.

Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound in Long COVID and Post-COVID Syndrome, a Review Document of the Austrian Society of Pneumology and the Austrian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine

Martin Altersberger  1 , Georg Goliasch  2 , Mounir Khafaga  3 , Matthias Schneider  2 , Yerin Cho  1 , Roland Winkler  3 , Georg-Christian Funk  4 , Thomas Binder  5 , Gustav Huber  6 , Ralf-Harun Zwick  7 , Martin Genger  1
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Review

Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound in Long COVID and Post-COVID Syndrome, a Review Document of the Austrian Society of Pneumology and the Austrian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine

Martin Altersberger et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Lung ultrasound has the potential to enable standardized follow-up without radiation exposure and with lower associated costs in comparison to CT scans. It is a valuable tool to follow up on patients after a COVID-19 infection and evaluate if there is pulmonary fibrosis developing. Echocardiography, including strain imaging, is a proven tool to assess various causes of dyspnea and adds valuable information in the context of long COVID care. Including two-dimensional (2D) strain imaging, a better comprehension of myocardial damage in post-COVID syndrome can be made. Especially 2D strain imaging (left and the right ventricular strain) can provide information about prognosis.

Keywords: COVID-19; echocardiography; lung ultrasound; rehabilitation.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have read the manuscript and approved its submission. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
12‐Zone scanning protocol for lung ultrasound.
Figure 2
Figure 2
LUS pathologies seen in critical, severely ill, and post COVID‐19 scans with a suggestion to quantify reverberation artifacts.
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