Coronary artery calcification detected by initial polytrauma CT in severely injured patients: retrospective single-center cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Coronary artery calcifications detected by computed tomography (CT) provide prognostic relevance for vascular disorders and coronary heart disease, whereas their prognostic relevance in severely injured trauma patients remains unclear.

Material and methods

All consecutive trauma patients requiring emergency tracheal intubation before initial CT at a level-1 trauma center and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) over a 12-year period (2008-2019) were reanalyzed. The Weston score, a semiquantitative method to quantify coronary calcifications, was evaluated as a prognostic variable based upon whole-body trauma CT analysis.

Results

Four hundred fifty-eight patients (74.6% male) with a median age of 49 years, median injury severity score of 26 points, 24-h

SUBMITTER: Meyer HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11458666 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature