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Bratislava Medical Journal 2023 Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.124, No.9, p.670–675, 2023
Bratislava Medical Journal 2023 Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.124, No.9, p.670–675, 2023
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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.124, No.9, p.670–675, 2023 |
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| Title: The role of computed tomography pulmonary angiography in COVID-19 patients with suspected pulmonary embolism | ||
| Author: Martin STEVIK, Kamil ZELENAK, Anton DZIAN, Jan JAKUS, Zuzana TRABALKOVA, Daniel LOZAN, Marian GRENDAR, Ján SYKORA, Martin VORCAK, Marek MALIK, Lukas MEYER, Martin KOPANI, Jens FIEHLER | ||
| Abstract: OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed to determine the location and distribution of pulmonary embolism (PE) and presence of signs potentially indicative of right heart overload on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. We also evaluated the extent and severity of COVID-19-associated lung changes in relation to PE. METHODS: The total number of 1,698 patients with CTPA included in the study were divided into 2 groups according to their COVID-19 status and each group was divided into 2 subgroups based on their PE status. These groups and subgroups were compared in terms of location of PE, diameter of pulmonary artery, right heart strain, ground-glass opacities (GGO), consolidations and other imaging features. RESULTS: In COVID-19 patients, there was a significant predominance of PE in peripheral branches of pulmonary artery (p < 0.001). There was an increased right-to-left ratio of ventricular diameters in cases with PE (p = 0.032 in patients with COVID-19 and p < 0.001 in non-COVID-19 patients). There was no association between the extent and severity of the disease and distribution of PE. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 is associated with a higher incidence of peripheral location of PE and presence of GGO. There were signs indicative of right heart overload in cases with PE regardless of COVID-19 (Tab. 3, Fig. 1, Ref. 29) |
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| Keywords: COVID-19, computed tomography, CTPA, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism | ||
| Published online: 04-Jul-2023 | ||
| Year: 2023, Volume: 124, Issue: 9 | Page From: 670, Page To: 675 | |
| doi:10.4149/BLL_2023_102 |
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