Rationale and Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the findings found in thorax computed tomography (CT), which is increasingly used in the diagnosis of the important public health problem of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and the findings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as an important diagnostic alternative. Materials and Methods: Thirty-two patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who underwent thorax CT for COVID pneumonia and MRI for any reason within 24 hours after CT were included in the study. The number of lobes affected, number of lobes containing ground-glass opacities and consolidation, number of nodules, distribution of lesions (central, peripheral, or diffuse), lobes with centrilobular nodular pattern, and the presence of pleural effusion were recorded separately for both imaging methods. Results: Seventeen of the patients were female (53%) and 15 were male (47%). The mean age of the patients was 60.5 (range, 20À85) years. A total of 31 patients (96%) had signs of pneumonia on CT. The most common finding in CT was ground-glass opacities in 29 patients (90.6%), followed by consolidation in 14 patients (43.75%). Both consolidation and ground-glass opacities were also observed in MRI in all of these patients. Nodules were detected in 12 patients (37.5%) on CT and 11 patients (34.4%) on MRI. The sensitivity and specificity of MRI in nodule detection were calculated as 91.67% and 100%, respectively. Conclusion: Although thorax CT is widely used in the imaging of COVID-19 infection, due to its advantages, MRI can also be used as an alternative diagnostic tool.
Atherosclerosis is a chronic and progressive disease, which may lead to adverse cardiovascular (CV) events, such as acute aortic syndromes, myocardial infarction, or even sudden cardiac death.Detection of atherosclerosis at the subclinical phase is essential to improve morbidity and mortality, since primary prevention with aggressive risk factor modification can reduce the relative risk of CV events by more than 50% [1]. Non-invasive imaging modalities enable anatomical and functional assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis in all vascular beds. How imaging may influence CV risk determined by established CV risk score systems in a primary prevention setting has been addressed in the most recent CV disease prevention guidelines [2]. According to guideline-writing authorities, coronary artery calcium score (CACS) measurement and carotid
Öz2019 yeni koronavirüs hastalığı , tüm dünyaya yayılan önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunudur. Tanıda altın standart realtime reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testi olsa da, özellikle klinik semptomu olup testin negatif geldiği hastalarda toraks bilgisayarlı tomogra (BT) önemli bir yol göstericidir. Bu derlemenin amacı, COVID-19'un tanısında giderek daha fazla kullanılan toraks BT' de saptanan bulguları özetlemektir.
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