Radiology· 2020Q1
Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with COVID-19 at CT Angiography and Relationship to <scp>d</scp>-Dimer Levels
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Short summary
A CT angiography review of 1008 COVID-19 patients found acute pulmonary embolism in 10% (101 patients), predominantly segmental or subsegmental.
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Key points
- 10% of 1008 COVID-19 patients had acute pulmonary embolism on CT angiography.
- Pulmonary embolisms were mostly segmental or subsegmental.
- Elevated d-dimer levels are frequently observed in COVID-19 patients.
- There is a suggested independent association between COVID-19 severity and d-dimer levels.
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Abstract
Reports of acute pulmonary embolism associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have emerged in the literature. For example, Chen et al (1) described 25 pulmonary CT angiographic examinations from 1008 patients with COVID-19; 10 were positive for pulmonary embolism, mostly as segmental or subsegmental acute pulmonary embolism. In addition, d-dimer levels have been reported as elevated in patients with COVID-19 (2,3), with the suggestion of an independent association between the severity of the disease and the level of d-dimer (4). The purpose of this report is to describe the rate of pulmonary embolus in patients classified as having COVID-19 infection who underwent chest CT at a tertiary referral center.
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