Acute pulmonary embolism in non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients referred to CTPA by emergency department.
Alban GervaiseCaroline BouzadEvelyne PerouxCarole HelisseyPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• Acute pulmonary embolism was found in 18% of non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients referred by the emergency department to CTPA. Two (15%) patients had main, four (30%) lobar, and seven (55%) segmental acute pulmonary embolism. • Five of 13 (38%) patients with acute pulmonary embolism had a moderate clinical type. • Severity and radiological features of COVID-19 pneumonia showed no significant difference between patients with or without acute pulmonary embolism.
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