Impact of the "atherosclerotic pabulum" on in-hospital mortality for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Is calcium score able to identify at-risk patients?

Valeria PergolaGiulio CabrelleMarco PreviteroAndrea FiorencisGiulia LorenzoniCarlo Maria DellinoCarolina MontonatiSaverio ContinisioElisa MasettoDonato MeleMartina Perazzolo MarraChiara GiraudoGiulio BarbieroGiorgio De ContiGiovanni Di SalvoDario GregoriSabino IlicetoRaffaella Motta

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2022)

The main finding of our research is that CAC was positively related to in-H mortality, but it did not completely identify all the population at risk of events in the setting of COVID-19 patients. This raises the possibility that other factors, including the presence of soft, unstable plaques, may have a role in adverse outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
prognostic factors
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease
patient reported outcomes
coronary artery disease