Pulmonary Embolism at CT Pulmonary Angiography in Patients with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate pulmonary embolism (PE) prevalence at CT pulmonary angiography in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and factors associated with PE severity.

Materials and methods

A retrospective, single-center study evaluated 62 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 who underwent CT pulmonary angiography between March 13 and April 5, 2020. Another 62-patient cohort who underwent CT pulmonary angiography before the first reported local COVID-19 case was retrospectively selected. The relative rate of CT pulmonary angiography positivity was recorded. For the COVID-19 positive cohort, comorbidities, laboratory values, clinical outcome, and venous thrombosis of the patients were recorded. Two thoracic radiologists assessed embolic severity

SUBMITTER: Kaminetzky M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336753 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature