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The pandemic caused by the new SARS-CoV-2, named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease, has challenged the health-care systems and raised new diagnostic pathways and safety issues for cardiac imagers Myocardial injury may complicate COVID-19 infection in more than a quarter of patients and due to the wide a range of possible insults, cardiac imaging plays a crucial diagnostic and prognostic role There is still little evidence regarding the best-imaging pathway and the echocardiographic findings Most of the data derive from the single centers experiences and case-reports;therefore, our review reflects the recommendations mainly based on expert opinion Moreover, knowledge is constantly evolving The health-care system and physicians are called to reorganize the diagnostic pathways to minimize the possibility of spreading the infection Thus a rapid, bedside, ultrasound assessment of the heart, chest, and leg veins by point-of-care ultrasound seems to be the first-line tool of the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 A second Level of cardiac imaging is appropriate when the result may guide decision-making or may be life-saving Dedicated scanners should be used and special pathways should be reserved for these patients The current knowledge on cardiac imaging COVID-19 patients is reviewed
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