Pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19: Time to change the paradigm of computed tomography

D C Rotzinger; C Beigelman-Aubry; C von Garnier; S D Qanadli

doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2020.04.011

Pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19: Time to change the paradigm of computed tomography

Thromb Res. 2020 Jun:190:58-59. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Authors

D C Rotzinger¹, C Beigelman-Aubry², C von Garnier³, S D Qanadli²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic and Vascular Division, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: david.rotzinger@chuv.ch.
² Cardiothoracic and Vascular Division, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Abstract

To raise awareness for possible benefits of examining known COVID-19 patients presenting sudden clinical worsening with CT pulmonary angiography instead of standard non-contrast chest CT.

Keywords: COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; computed tomography pulmonary angiography; lung infection; pulmonary thromboembolism.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Computed Tomography Angiography
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / complications*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
SARS-CoV-2
Tomography, X-Ray Computed