Coronary artery calcification on low-dose chest CT is an early predictor of severe progression of COVID-19-A multi-center, multi-vendor study.
<h4>Purpose</h4>Cardiovascular comorbidity anticipates severe progression of COVID-19 and becomes evident by coronary artery calcification (CAC) on low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT). The purpose of this study was to predict a patient's obligation of intensive care treatment...
Main Authors: | Philipp Fervers, Jonathan Kottlors, Nils Große Hokamp, Johannes Bremm, David Maintz, Stephanie Tritt, Orkhan Safarov, Thorsten Persigehl, Nils Vollmar, Paul Martin Bansmann, Nuran Abdullayev |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255045 |
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