Pulmonary Vascular Manifestations of COVID-19 Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate pulmonary vascular abnormalities at CT pulmonary angiography (CT-PE) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia.

Materials and methods

In this retrospective study, 48 patients with reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection who had undergone CT-PE between March 23 and April 6, 2020, in a large urban health care system were included. Patient demographics and clinical data were collected through the electronic medical record system. Twenty-five patients underwent dual-energy CT (DECT) as part of the standard CT-PE protocol at a subset of the hospitals. Two thoracic radiologists independently assessed all studies. Disagreement in assessment was resolved by consensus discussion with a third thoracic rad

SUBMITTER: Lang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307217 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature