Pulmonary Embolism at CT Pulmonary Angiography in Patients with COVID-19.

Mark Kaminetzky William H Moore Kush FansiwalaJames S BabbDavid KaminetzkyLeora I HorwitzGeorgeann McGuinnessAbraham KnollJane P Ko

Published in: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging (2020)

A total of 37.1% of COVID-19 patients underwent CT pulmonary angiographic examinations diagnosing PE. PE can be a cause of decompensation in patients testing positive for COVID-19, and d-dimer can be used to stratify patients in terms of PE risk and severity.Supplemental material is available for this article.© RSNA, 2020.

Keyphrases

pulmonary embolism
end stage renal disease
computed tomography
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
sars cov
chronic kidney disease
coronavirus disease
prognostic factors
pulmonary hypertension
image quality
contrast enhanced
patient reported
pet ct