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Radiological evaluation of pulmonary sequelae in COVID-19
- Source :
- ANALES RANM. 137:298-304
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de Espana, 2020.
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Abstract
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly transmissible and pathogenic viral infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The target organ is the lung. This infection appeared in Wuhan (China) in December 2019 and the WHO considered it a pandemic in March 2020. One year after the first known cases, and although there is a great amount of scientific knowledge acquired of the disease, there are still some unanswered questions. As a matter of fact, there is a lack of knowledge about which patients will suffer sequels, what kind of morphological changes and sequel types will be expected, nor the grade of functional severity. It is known that other coronavirus pneumoniae caused pulmonary sequels and therefore they are expected in COVID-19. In this work we review several COVID-19 aspects related with the development and grading of mid- and long-term pulmonary sequels, including fibrosis and vascular changes, and strengthen the role of medical imaging in this evaluation.
Details
- ISSN :
- 26052512 and 00340634
- Volume :
- 137
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ANALES RANM
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7608658114b3023985c34dcd033347c6