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ArticleCureus2025

Reassessing the Prognostic Value of Point-of-Care Echocardiography in COVID-19 Patients: Right Heart, Wrong Signal?

David R Janese, Marshall Byun-Andersen, Jacquelyn Bowers, Phillip C Kilgore, Urska Cvek, Mary Ann Edens

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David R JaneseEmergency Medicine/Family Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport, Shreveport, USA.
Marshall Byun-AndersenEmergency Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport, Shreveport, USA.
Jacquelyn BowersEmergency Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport, Shreveport, USA.
Phillip C KilgoreComputer Science, Louisiana State University (LSU) Shreveport, Shreveport, USA.
Urska CvekComputer Science, Louisiana State University (LSU) Shreveport, Shreveport, USA.
Mary Ann EdensEmergency Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport, Shreveport, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Right ventricular (RV) strain detected via transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has emerged as a potential prognostic marker in patients with COVID-19, given the virus's cardiovascular implications. However, data on the prognostic utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in this context remains limited.

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bedside echocardiographycovid-19d signemergency medicinepocuspoint-of-care ultrasoundright ventricular strainsars-cov-2transthoracic echocardiographytte

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PMID41527650
PMCPMC12790843

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