Calcification of the thoracic aorta on low-dose chest CT predicts severe COVID-19

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular comorbidity anticipates poor prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) and correlates with the systemic atherosclerotic transformation of the arterial vessels. The amount of aortic wall calcification (AWC) can be estimated on low-dose chest CT. We suggest quantification o...

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Autores principales: Fervers, Philipp, Kottlors, Jonathan, Zopfs, David, Bremm, Johannes, Maintz, David, Safarov, Orkhan, Tritt, Stephanie, Abdullayev, Nuran, Persigehl, Thorsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33362199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244267

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33362199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244267

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