Tablet-based limited echocardiography at COVID-19-dedicated hospital during the pandemic in the context of takotsubo syndrome.

In the course of COVID-19 pandemic, many patients with diagnosed or suspected disease do require echocardiography. At the same time, when it comes to the echocardiographers, there is a fear of their being exposed to contamination. At COVID-19-dedicated hospital examinations are bedside, and in some patients hand-held or tablet-based echocardiography should be preferred; the echocardiographer routinely puts on a complete protective uniform. The prevalence of stress-induced takotsubo syndrome (TTS) during the Covid-19 pandemic is higher than previously reported. The authors present the images obtained using tabletbased limited echocardiography in patients with different forms of TTS. The time of the examination of patients and decontamination of the equipment was short (5-7 min and less than 2 min, respectively); the images were of fairly good quality.