The Iranian Society of Echocardiography (ISE) Statement on Performing Echocardiography During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Badkoubeh, Roya Sattarzadeh; Almassi, Nooshin; Farahani, Maryam Moshkani; Movassaghi, Naser; Khosravi, Arezoo; Mirdamadi, Ahmad; Kamali, Monireh; Manshouri, Shirin; Tabrizi, Mehrnoush Toufan; Farrashi, Melody; Samiei, Niloufar

Corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic has caused a significant burden on the global health system. Considerable cardiovascular involvement has been reported among COVID-19 patients with higher ICU admission and mortality rates among patients with cardiovascular comorbidities. Consequently, diagnostic cardiovascular evaluations such as echocardiography are a crucial part of the disease management. On the other hand, providing safety for the patients and the healthcare personnel is a matter of great concern in the pandemic state. In this document, we have provided recommendations on performing echocardiography in hospital echocardiography labs and outpatient echocardiography clinics during the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease of 2019) outbreak.