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cord-351531-wo1ggmmn	Giustiniano, Enrico	Trans-thoracic Echocardiography in Prone Positioning COVID-19 Patients: a Small Case Series	2020-09-15		.txt	text/plain	2566	143	47	The main result of our retrospective analysis is that TTE can be performed in patients in prone positioning and is reliable and repeatable; the single apical-four-chamber view provides sufficient data to evaluate the cardiac performance in case of scarce availability of hemodynamic monitoring devices, like in a pandemic setting. TTE may be a helpful tool for cardiac performance evaluation and diagnosis not only in supine or anterolateral positioning like in echocardiographic lab, but also in subjects admitted to ICU due to ARDS needing of mechanical ventilation in prone positioning. Then, trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) plays a crucial role as it is non-invasive, repeatable, and available for many patients every time it is needed; moreover, it can be safely performed also in prone position (TTEp), as we described in a previous report [9] .	./cache/cord-351531-wo1ggmmn.txt	./txt/cord-351531-wo1ggmmn.txt