PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tom Kai Ming Wang
AU  - W.H. Wilson Tang
AU  - Scott D. Flamm
AU  - Brian Griffin
AU  - Siddharth Dugar
AU  - Richard A. Grimm
AU  - Deborah H. Kwon
TI  - The role of cardiac imaging in hospitalized COVID-19–positive patients
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc020
DP  - 2020 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2020/05/18/ccjm.87a.ccc020.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2020/05/18/ccjm.87a.ccc020.full
AB  - COVID-19 infection is associated with several cardiac complications with high rates of adverse outcomes. Cardiac imaging has different utility in different clinical scenarios, and the importance of minimizing healthcare worker exposure should be considered. Cardiac imaging should only be ordered if its benefits outweigh its risks, with anticipated changes in acute treatment and outcomes, and no suitable alternative of sufficient adequacy is available. Indications for advanced cardiac imaging for COVID-19 patients in the acute phase are limited, although follow-up imaging in the convalescent stage may provide prognostic importance in recovered COVID-19 patients with positive troponin or decompensated heart failure.