Time-related aortic inflammatory response, as assessed with

Autor: Charalambos, Vlachopoulos, Dimitrios, Terentes-Printzios, Paraskevi, Katsaounou, Eirini, Solomou, Vasiliki, Gardikioti, Dimitrios, Exarchos, Dimitrios, Economou, Georgia, Christopoulou, Antonios-Dimosthenis, Kalkinis, Pavlos, Kafouris, Alexios, Antonopoulos, Georgios, Lazaros, Anastasia, Kotanidou, Ioannis, Datseris, Konstantinos, Tsioufis, Constantinos, Anagnostopoulos
Rok vydání: 2021
Zdroj: Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
ISSN: 1532-6551
Popis: Arterial involvement has been implicated in the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). Fluorine 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) imaging is a valuable tool for the assessment of aortic inflammation and is a predictor of outcome. We sought to prospectively assess the presence of aortic inflammation and its time-dependent trend in patients with COVID-19.Between November 2020 and May 2021, in this pilot, case-control study, we recruited 20 patients with severe or critical COVID-19 (mean age of 59 ± 12 years), while 10 age and sex-matched individuals served as the control group. Aortic inflammation was assessed by measuringThere was no significant difference in aorticThis is the first study suggesting that aortic inflammation, as assessed by
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