Letter to the Editor

Point of Care Ultrasound During the Covid-19 Pandemic Should Screen for Inter-Atrial Shunt

  • Rajendram, FRCP(Lond) Rajkumar ,
  • Mahmood, FRCP(Edin) Naveed ,
  • Abbas Kharal, MD, MPH Ghulam ,
  • Kharal, MD Mubashar ,
  • Puri, MBBS, PhD, FRACP Rishi
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  • a Departments of Medicine, King Abdulaziz International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    b Cardiology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Abdulaziz International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    c College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    d Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
    e Division of Cerebrovascular Disorders, Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA
    f Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA

Received date: 2020-06-01

  Online published: 2020-07-02

Cite this article

Rajendram, FRCP(Lond) Rajkumar , Mahmood, FRCP(Edin) Naveed , Abbas Kharal, MD, MPH Ghulam , Kharal, MD Mubashar , Puri, MBBS, PhD, FRACP Rishi . Point of Care Ultrasound During the Covid-19 Pandemic Should Screen for Inter-Atrial Shunt[J]. ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, 2020 , 4(2) : 155 -156 . DOI: 10.37015/AUDT.2020.200049

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