Virus That Causes COVID-19 Increases Risk of Cardiac Events (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Virus That Causes COVID-19 Increases Risk of Cardiac Events

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Temporal changes in the composition of plaque volumes and fat attenuation index according to SARS-CoV-2 infection status. (A) Representative coronary CT angiography images of lesions at baseline and follow-up, (B) annualized change in overall and percent atheroma volume (PAV) by composition according to SARS-CoV-2 infection status, and (C) mean pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) and presence of PCAT of −70.1 HU or more at baseline and follow-up according to SARS-CoV-2 infection status.

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