Integrated clinical role of echocardiography in patients with COVID-19

The Authors' reply: We are grateful to Dr Lazzeri et al 1 for their interest in our paper.2 We agree entirely with their considerations about cardiovascular involvement and the role of echocardiographic assessment in patients with COVID-19. Since myocardial injury is frequently observed in hospitalised patients with COVID-19, only an integrated approach, weighting the relative contribution of factors associated with a primitive ‘cardiac’ injury and of those associated with a secondary involvement, may lead to appropriate diagnosis and treatment. In this context, …