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Radiological evaluation of pulmonary sequelae in COVID-19

Authors :
Enrique Zaldívar Olmeda
Pilar Calvillo-Batllés
Vicente Belloch Ripollés
Luis Martí-Bonmatí
Carlos F Muñoz-Núñez
Source :
ANALES RANM. 137:298-304
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de Espana, 2020.

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