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cord-290594-dvco042c	Sofia, Soccorsa	Thoracic ultrasound and SARS-COVID-19: a pictorial essay	2020-04-16		.txt	text/plain	1624	84	44	One of the main limitations of thoracic ultrasound is that it cannot be used to examine the deep fields of the lung due to air interface and artifacts, but the physiopathology of COVID-19 disease provides for a predominant involvement of the pulmonary periphery [5, 6] , thus favoring the application of the method. The main ultrasound finding in COVID-19 pneumonia is that of an acute interstitial disease, which is represented by vertical hyperechoic artifacts that depart from the pleural line directed in depth. Indeed, the presence of some B lines spread over several scans seems to be an early finding of COVID-19, even in mildly symptomatic subjects; in the most serious cases such as those that are pre-ARDS or ARDS, the B lines end up filling the ultrasound image almost completely, until they Initially, those ultrasound findings were related to cardiogenic pulmonary edema, in which the B lines are present bilaterally, with a base-apex gradient and with progressive involvement depending on the severity of the disease [7] .	./cache/cord-290594-dvco042c.txt	./txt/cord-290594-dvco042c.txt