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Thoracic and Cardiac Imaging in Patients with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 2571

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Sabina Gallina

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Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Interests: echocardiography; heart failure; blood pressure; clinical cardiology; cardiac function; cardiomyopathies; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular medicine; cardiovascular physiology; chronic heart failure
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Dr. Francesco Bianco

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1. Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria “Ospedali Riuniti”, Ancona, Italy
2. University of G. d'Annunzio Chieti and Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular and thoracic imaging; heart failure; cardiomyopathies; inflammatory cardiac diseases; congenital heart diseases; pediatric cardiology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Since the outbreak in December 2019, pulmonary infection with the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, causing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), has rapidly spread worldwide, becoming a global pandemic, threatening the capacity of numerous national healthcare systems. In the SARS-CoV-2 infection, multiplication of the virus and the host response are the pathways hypothesized to cause COVID-19, leading to multi-organ failure. Although COVID-19 predominantly affects adults, there have also been reports of pediatric patients with a multi-inflammatory presentation. Nevertheless, myocardial injury in patients with COVID‐19 identifies a high risk of hospital complications and death in both populations.

This Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine will focus on thoracic and cardiac imaging in patients with COVID-19, both adults and pediatrics, aimed at improving our knowledge of the recognition of cardio-thoracic presentations, monitorization and complications potentially helpful in clinical practice and yielding prognostic implications of this public health outbreak.

Prof. Dr. Sabina Gallina
Dr. Francesco Bianco
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection
  • pneumonia
  • cardio-thoracic imaging
  • computed tomography
  • cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
  • echocardiography
  • lung-ultrasonography
  • multisystem inflammatory syndrome
  • myocarditis

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Inter-Observer Agreement between Low-Dose and Standard-Dose CT with Soft and Sharp Convolution Kernels in COVID-19 Pneumonia
by Ivan Blokhin, Victor Gombolevskiy, Valeria Chernina, Maxim Gusev, Pavel Gelezhe, Olga Aleshina, Alexander Nikolaev, Nicholas Kulberg, Sergey Morozov and Roman Reshetnikov
J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(3), 669; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11030669 - 27 Jan 2022
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Computed tomography (CT) has been an essential diagnostic tool during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to develop an optimal CT protocol in terms of safety and reliability. For this, we assessed the inter-observer agreement between CT and low-dose CT (LDCT) with soft [...] Read more.
Computed tomography (CT) has been an essential diagnostic tool during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to develop an optimal CT protocol in terms of safety and reliability. For this, we assessed the inter-observer agreement between CT and low-dose CT (LDCT) with soft and sharp kernels using a semi-quantitative severity scale in a prospective study (Moscow, Russia). Two consecutive scans with CT and LDCT were performed in a single visit. Reading was performed by ten radiologists with 3–25 years’ experience. The study included 230 patients, and statistical analysis showed LDCT with a sharp kernel as the most reliable protocol (percentage agreement 74.35 ± 43.77%), but its advantage was marginal. There was no significant correlation between radiologists’ experience and average percentage agreement for all four evaluated protocols. Regarding the radiation exposure, CTDIvol was 3.6 ± 0.64 times lower for LDCT. In conclusion, CT and LDCT with soft and sharp reconstructions are equally reliable for COVID-19 reporting using the “CT 0-4” scale. The LDCT protocol allows for a significant decrease in radiation exposure but may be restricted by body mass index. Full article
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