Acute Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19

Neo Poyiadji; Peter Cormier; Parth Y Patel; Mohamad O Hadied; Pallavi Bhargava; Kanika Khanna; Jeffrey Nadig; Thomas Keimig; David Spizarny; Nicholas Reeser; Chad Klochko; Edward L Peterson; Thomas Song

doi:10.1148/radiol.2020201955

Acute Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19

Radiology. 2020 Dec;297(3):E335-E338. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020201955. Epub 2020 May 14.

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Radiology (N.P., P.C., P.Y.P., M.O.H., K.K., J.N., T.K., D.S., N.R., C.K., T.S.), Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases (P.B.), and Department of Public Health Sciences (E.L.P.), Henry Ford Health System, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202.

Abstract

Risk factors for pulmonary embolism in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 include obesity, an elevated d-dimer value, elevated C-reactive protein level, and a rising d-dimer value over time.

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Computed Tomography Angiography / methods*
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology*
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2