Central artery pulse pressure, not central arterial stiffness impact on all-cause mortality in patients with viral pneumonia infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

COVID-19 viral pneumonia can result in increased arterial stiffness, along with cardiac and systemic inflammatory responses. This study aimed to investigate the association between arterial stiffness, inflammation severity, and all-cause mortality in patients with COVID-19.

Methods

In this study, anthropometric data, pneumonia infection severity, and blood tests were analyzed. Arterial stiffness was assessed using the non-invasive assessment indices, including arterial velocity pulse index (AVI) and central arterial pulse pressure (CAPP). Infection volumes and percentages for the whole lungs, most lobes, and most segments were extracted from CT images using artificial intelligence-based quantitative analysis software. The relationship between arterial stiffness, c

SUBMITTER: Jin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11492499 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature