COVID-19 Stroke Apical Lung Examination Study: A Diagnostic and Prognostic Imaging Biomarker in Suspected Acute Stroke.
J SiddiquiFouzi BalaSara SciaccaA M FalzonMatthew BengerSamir A MatloobF N A C MillerRobert J SimisterI ChatterjeeLaszlo K SztrihaIndran DavagnanamThomas C BoothPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2020)
We identified a simple, reliable, and accurate COVID-19 diagnostic and prognostic imaging biomarker obtained from CTA lung apices: the presence or absence of ground-glass opacification. Our findings have important implications in the management of patients presenting with suspected stroke through early identification of COVID-19 and the subsequent limitation of disease transmission.