Coronary calcium scoring assessed on native screening chest CT imaging as predictor for outcome in COVID-19: An analysis of a hospitalized German cohort.
PLoS One
; 15(12): e0244707, 2020.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-999850
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of risk factors for a poor outcome have been identified. Thereby, cardiovascular comorbidity has a major impact on mortality. We investigated whether coronary calcification as a marker for coronary artery disease (CAD) is appropriate for risk prediction in COVID-19.METHODS:
Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (n = 109) were analyzed regarding clinical outcome after native computed tomography (CT) imaging for COVID-19 screening. CAC (coronary calcium score) and clinical outcome (need for intensive care treatment or death) data were calculated following a standardized protocol. We defined three endpoints critical COVID-19 and transfer to ICU, fatal COVID-19 and death, composite endpoint critical and fatal COVID-19, a composite of ICU treatment and death. We evaluated the association of clinical outcome with the CAC. Patients were dichotomized by the median of CAC. Hazard ratios and odds ratios were calculated for the events death or ICU or a composite of death and ICU.RESULTS:
We observed significantly more events for patients with CAC above the group's median of 31 for critical outcome (HR 1.97[1.09,3.57], p = 0.026), for fatal outcome (HR 4.95[1.07,22.9], p = 0.041) and the composite endpoint (HR 2.31[1.28,4.17], p = 0.0056. Also, odds ratio was significantly increased for critical outcome (OR 3.01 [1.37, 6.61], p = 0.01) and for fatal outcome (OR 5.3 [1.09, 25.8], p = 0.02).CONCLUSION:
The results indicate a significant association between CAC and clinical outcome in COVID-19. Our data therefore suggest that CAC might be useful in risk prediction in patients with COVID-19.
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Main subject:
Coronary Artery Disease
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Vascular Calcification
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pone.0244707
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