Assessment of Right Ventricular Function by 2D Transthoracic Echocardiography in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patient in Correlation with CT Pulmonary Angiographic Findings

Abstract

Background: COVID- 19 pandemic outbreak in Egypt began in February 2020 and is still ongoing. For individuals with suspected respiratory symptoms, the Egyptian protocol recommends a non-contrast CT chest. However, many patients with worsening symptoms, particularly in the second week of disease, demonstrated signs of thrombotic events in the pulmonary arteries, which is why CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) was performed..