An interesting finding: What is the relation between aortic enlargement and COVID-19?
Macit BitargilTolga DemirHakkı Kürşat ÇetinNilüfer BektaşBegüm Özüekren KasapoğluHelin El KilicAhmet Ibrahim BalkayaIsmail KoramazHacı Mustafa ÖzdemirPublished in: Vascular (2022)
This study shows that the mean aortic diameter of COVID-19 patients is larger than non-COVID-19 patients with similar comorbidities referred to a pandemic hospital. COVID-19, age, and coronary artery disease are the most influential factors that affect the aortic diameter, and the COVID-19 was the leading factor.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- coronary artery disease
- aortic valve
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- left ventricular
- pulmonary artery
- healthcare
- heart failure
- cardiovascular disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- pulmonary arterial hypertension