Role of computed tomography in COVID-19

Gianluca Pontone; Stefano Scafuri; Maria Elisabetta Mancini; Cecilia Agalbato; Marco Guglielmo; Andrea Baggiano; Giuseppe Muscogiuri; Laura Fusini; Daniele Andreini; Saima Mushtaq; Edoardo Conte; Andrea Annoni; Alberto Formenti; Antonio Giulio Gennari; Andrea I. Guaricci; Mark R. Rabbat; Giulio Pompilio; Mauro Pepi; Alexia Rossi

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2020.08.013

Role of computed tomography in COVID-19

Gianluca Pontone^*, Stefano Scafuri, Maria Elisabetta Mancini, Cecilia Agalbato, Marco Guglielmo, Andrea Baggiano, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Laura Fusini, Daniele Andreini, Saima Mushtaq, Edoardo Conte, Andrea Annoni, Alberto Formenti, Antonio Giulio Gennari, Andrea I. Guaricci, Mark R. Rabbat, Giulio Pompilio, Mauro Pepi, Alexia Rossi

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a rapid worldwide pandemic. While COVID-19 primarily manifests as an interstitial pneumonia and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome, severe involvement of other organs has been documented. In this article, we will review the role of non-contrast chest computed tomography in the diagnosis, follow-up and prognosis of patients affected by COVID-19 pneumonia with a detailed description of the imaging findings that may be encountered. Given that patients with COVID-19 may also suffer from coagulopathy, we will discuss the role of CT pulmonary angiography in the detection of acute pulmonary embolism. Finally, we will describe more advanced applications of CT in the differential diagnosis of myocardial injury with an emphasis on ruling out acute coronary syndrome and myocarditis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-36
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2020.08.013
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Computed tomography
COVID-19
Myocardial injury
Pneumonia
Pulmonary embolism

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Pontone, G., Scafuri, S., Mancini, M. E., Agalbato, C., Guglielmo, M., Baggiano, A., Muscogiuri, G., Fusini, L., Andreini, D., Mushtaq, S., Conte, E., Annoni, A., Formenti, A., Gennari, A. G., Guaricci, A. I., Rabbat, M. R., Pompilio, G., Pepi, M., & Rossi, A. (2021). Role of computed tomography in COVID-19. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography, 15(1), 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2020.08.013

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