Calcification of the thoracic aorta on low-dose chest CT predicts severe COVID-19.
Philipp FerversJonathan KottlorsDavid ZopfsJohannes BremmDavid MaintzOrkhan SafarovStephanie TrittNuran AbdullayevThorsten PersigehlPublished in: PloS one (2020)
AWC seems to be an independent biomarker for the prediction of severe progression and intensive care treatment of COVID-19 already at the time of patient admission to the hospital; verification in a larger multi-center, multi-vendor study is desired.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- low dose
- sars cov
- early onset
- computed tomography
- healthcare
- high dose
- case report
- chronic kidney disease
- pulmonary artery
- aortic valve
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- drug induced
- combination therapy
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- acute care
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- aortic dissection