Open AccessIn-hospital prognostic role of coronary atherosclerotic burden in COVID-19 patients
Author(s) -
Fabio Fazzari,
Ottavia Cozzi,
Matteo Maurina,
Valeria Donghi,
Eleonora Indolfi,
Mirko Curzi,
Pier Pasquale Leone,
F. Cannata,
Giulio G. Stefanini,
Arturo Chiti,
Renato Bragato,
Lorenzo Monti,
Alexia Rossi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.458
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1558-2035
pISSN - 1558-2027
DOI - 10.2459/jcm.0000000000001228
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , coronary artery disease , covid-19 , pneumonia , mortality rate , clinical endpoint , cardiology , population , medical record , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , environmental health , clinical trial
Currently, there are few available data regarding a possible role for subclinical atherosclerosis as a risk factor for mortality in Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) patients. We used coronary artery calcium (CAC) score derived from chest computed tomography (CT) scan to assess the in-hospital prognostic role of CAC in patients affected by COVID-19 pneumonia.