The Caliber of Segmental and Subsegmental Vessels in COVID-19 Pneumonia Is Enlarged: A Distinctive Feature in Comparison with Other Forms of Inflammatory and Thromboembolic Diseases.
Maria-Chiara AmbrosettiGiulia BattocchioStefania MontemezziFilippo CattazzoTissjana BejkoEvelina TacconelliPietro MinuzErnesto CrisafulliCristiano FavaGiancarlo MansuetoPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
This was the first study to show, by comparative analysis, that COVID-19 patients' segmental and subsegmental vessel calibers are significantly enlarged. This is a distinctive feature of COVID-19 pneumonia, suggesting its distinct pathophysiology as compared to other inflammatory and thromboembolic diseases and alerting radiologists to consider it when evaluating the CT scans of suspected patients.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- end stage renal disease
- computed tomography
- machine learning
- oxidative stress
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- deep learning
- chronic kidney disease
- atrial fibrillation
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- artificial intelligence
- magnetic resonance imaging
- pulmonary embolism
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- acute respiratory distress syndrome