Coronary artery calcification on low-dose chest CT is an early predictor of severe progression of COVID-19-A multi-center, multi-vendor study.
Philipp FerversJonathan KottlorsNils Große HokampJohannes BremmDavid MaintzStephanie TrittOrkhan SafarovThorsten PersigehlNils VollmarPaul Martin BansmannNuran AbdullayevPublished in: PloS one (2021)
CAC scoring on LDCT might help to predict future obligation of intensive care treatment at the day of patient admission to the hospital.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- low dose
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- emergency department
- pulmonary artery
- computed tomography
- healthcare
- high dose
- case report
- current status
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- chronic kidney disease
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance
- pulmonary hypertension
- acute care
- positron emission tomography
- combination therapy