Vasculitis changes in COVID-19 survivors with persistent symptoms: an [18F]FDG-PET/CT study.

Martina Sollini Michele Ciccarelli Maurizio Cecconi Alessio AghemoPaola MorelliFabrizia Gelardi Arturo Chiti

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2020)

Although the total vascular score was similar in the two groups, the target-to-blood pool ratio was significantly higher in three vascular regions (thoracic aorta, right iliac artery, and femoral arteries) in the recovered COVID-19 cohort than in controls, suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 induces vascular inflammation, which may be responsible for persisting symptoms.

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