Coronary and total thoracic calcium scores predict mortality and provides pathophysiologic insights in COVID-19 patients

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread worldwide determining dramatic impacts on healthcare systems. Early identification of high-risk parameters is required in order to provide the best therapeutic approach. Coronary, thoracic aorta and aortic valve calcium can be measured from a non-gated chest computer tomography (CT) and are validated predictors of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. However, their prognostic role in acute systemic inflammatory diseases, such as COVID-19, has not been investigated.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - March 10, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Francesco Giannini, Marco Toselli, Anna Palmisano, Alberto Cereda, Davide Vignale, Riccardo Leone, Valeria Nicoletti, Chiara Gnasso, Alberto Monello, Marco Manfrini, Arif Khokhar, Alessandro Sticchi, Andrea Biagi, Piergiorgio Turchio, Carlo Tacchetti, Gio Tags: Research paper Source Type: research