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

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

<h4>Background</h4>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 sugge...

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Main Authors: Philipp Fervers, Jonathan Kottlors, David Zopfs, Johannes Bremm, David Maintz, Orkhan Safarov, Stephanie Tritt, Nuran Abdullayev, Thorsten Persigehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244267

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