Department of Internal Medicine, Józef Struś Hospital, Temporarily: Covid-19-dedicated Hospital, Poznań, Poland.
2nd Department of Cardiology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2021 Feb 24;49(289):57-59.
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.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，许多确诊或疑似疾病的患者确实需要进行超声心动图检查。同时，对于超声心动图技师来说，他们担心自己会被感染。在 COVID-19 定点医院的检查是床边进行的，在某些患者中，应首选手持式或基于平板电脑的超声心动图检查；超声心动图技师通常会穿上完整的防护设备。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，应激性心尖球形综合征（TTS）的发病率高于以往报道。作者展示了使用基于平板电脑的有限超声心动图在不同类型 TTS 患者中获得的图像。患者的检查时间和设备的消毒时间都很短（分别为 5-7 分钟和不到 2 分钟）；图像质量相当好。
