biostudies-literatureUnknown35(3)Schinz DUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen<h4>Objectives</h4>Throughout the pandemic, it has become evident that COVID-19 should be recognized as a systemic disease that can affect the coagulation system, potentially resulting in arterial thrombotic events (ATE) with partially bulky free-floating clots. This study aimed to investigate the incidence and imaging characteristics of ATE in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 using clinical and imaging data.<h4>Methods</h4>From January 2020 to May 2021, databases of five German tertiary care centers were retrospectively screened for COVID-19 patients with coincidental ATE. ATE were analyzed for localization, time of occurrence, imaging characteristics, and associations with clinical data and laboratory parameters.<h4>Results</h4>Out of 3267 patients, 110 ATE (102 patients, mean age, 72Clinical neuroradiology511-519https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12454460biostudies-literatureA Retrospective Multicenter Study of Arterial Thromboembolic Events in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Incidence and Imaging Characteristics.PMC12454460Maegerlein CBoeckh-Behrens TLaugwitz KLKirschke JPloch MSaleh ARiederer IUder MIbrahim TZimmer CSchinz DPaprottka PBerndt-Muck MfalseA Retrospective Multicenter Study of Arterial Thromboembolic Events in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Incidence and Imaging Characteristics.<h4>Objectives</h4>Throughout the pandemic, it has become evident that COVID-19 should be recognized as a systemic disease that can affect the coagulation system, potentially resulting in arterial thrombotic events (ATE) with partially bulky free-floating clots. This study aimed to investigate the incidence and imaging characteristics of ATE in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 using clinical and imaging data.<h4>Methods</h4>From January 2020 to May 2021, databases of five German tertiary care centers were retrospectively screened for COVID-19 patients with coincidental ATE. ATE were analyzed for localization, time of occurrence, imaging characteristics, and associations with clinical data and laboratory parameters.<h4>Results</h4>Out of 3267 patients, 110 ATE (102 patients, mean age, 722025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Sep2026-06-03T18:46:35.381Z2026-05-30T03:07:01.515ZS-EPMC124544604003584810.1007/s00062-025-01503-w