ASE Statement on Adapting Pediatric, Fetal, and Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiographic Services to the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 May;34(5):553-561. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.01.012. Epub 2021 Jan 28.

Abstract

Over the 12 months since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, an explosion of investigation and an increase in experience have led to vast improvement in our knowledge about this disease. However, coronavirus disease 2019 remains a huge public health threat.

Keywords: COVID-19; Congenital; Fetal; Heart disease; Pediatric.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child
  • Delivery of Health Care* / methods
  • Echocardiography / methods*
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy
  • Societies, Medical*
  • United States