Study population:
This observational study was performed at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital in NJ, USA. 146 consecutive adult patients with
severe COVID-19 infection who underwent transthoracic echocardiography
from March 17, 2020 to May 12, 2020 were studied. (Figure 1 a) The study
was approved by the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
institutional review board.