Chest CT-derived pulmonary artery enlargement at the admission predicts overall survival in COVID-19 patients: insight from 1461 consecutive patients in Italy

Esposito, Antonio; Palmisano, Anna; Toselli, Marco; Vignale, Davide; Cereda, Alberto; Rancoita, Paola Maria Vittoria; Leone, Riccardo; Nicoletti, Valeria; Gnasso, Chiara; Monello, Alberto; Biagi, Andrea; Turchio, Piergiorgio; Landoni, Giovanni; Gallone, Guglielmo; Monti, Giacomo; Casella, Gianni; Iannopollo, Gianmarco; Nannini, Tommaso; Patelli, Gianluigi; Di Mare, Luisa; Loffi, Marco; Sergio, Pietro; Ippolito, Davide; Sironi, Sandro; Pontone, Gianluca; Andreini, Daniele; Mancini, Elisabetta Maria; Di Serio, Clelia; De Cobelli, Francesco; Ciceri, Fabio; Zangrillo, Alberto; Colombo, Antonio; Tacchetti, Carlo; Giannini, Francesco

doi:10.1007/s00330-020-07622-x

Enlarged main pulmonary artery diameter (MPAD) resulted to be associated with pulmonary hypertension and mortality in a non-COVID-19 setting. The aim was to investigate and validate the association between MPAD enlargement and overall survival in COVID-19 patients.

Chest CT-derived pulmonary artery enlargement at the admission predicts overall survival in COVID-19 patients: insight from 1461 consecutive patients in Italy / Esposito, A., Palmisano, A., Toselli, M., Vignale, D., Cereda, A., Rancoita, P.M.V., Leone, R., Nicoletti, V., Gnasso, C., Monello, A., Biagi, A., Turchio, P., Landoni, G., Gallone, G., Monti, G., Casella, G., Iannopollo, G., Nannini, T., Patelli, G., Di Mare, L., et al.. - In: EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 1432-1084. - 31:6(2021), pp. 4031-4041. [10.1007/s00330-020-07622-x]