Lesson by SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19): whole-body CT angiography detection of "relevant" and "other/incidental" systemic vascular findings.
Roberta LietoFrancesco LassandroRoberta LietoGiorgio BocchiniFederica RomanoGiacomo SicaTullio ValenteEmanuele MutoPatrizia MurinoAntonio PintoVincenzo MontesarchioMaurizio MutoDaniela PacellaLudovica CapitelliMarialuisa BocchinoPublished in: European radiology (2021)
• Relevant vascular events were recorded in 71.4% of the study population, with pulmonary embolism being the most frequent event in ICU and non-ICU cases. • Apart from the lung, other organs such as the gut, spleen, liver, brain, and kidneys were involved with episodes of ischemic infarction. Systemic venous and arterial thrombosis occurred in 30.9% and 7.1% of cases, respectively, with venous events being significantly higher in ICU patients (p = 0.002). • Among incidental findings, small-sized splanchnic arterial aneurysms were reported in 21.4% of the whole population.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- sars cov
- intensive care unit
- end stage renal disease
- mechanical ventilation
- inferior vena cava
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- coronavirus disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- peritoneal dialysis
- white matter
- multiple sclerosis
- cerebral ischemia
- patient reported outcomes
- oxidative stress
- brain injury
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- patient reported