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. 2020 Dec;13(12):2698.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.09.038. Epub 2020 Oct 27.

Coronary Calcium Score in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients

Bernard Cosyns, Andreea Motoc, Maria Luiza Luchian, Stijn Lochy, Dries Belsack
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Coronary Calcium Score in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients

Bernard Cosyns et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Dec.
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Kaplan-Meier Curve for the Combined Endpoint Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score had a nonsignificant additional predictive value for the combined endpoint when adjusted for age. MACE = major adverse cardiac event (mechanical noninvasive/invasive ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or death).
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  • Reply to Letter.
    Dillinger JG, Pezel T, Henry P. Dillinger JG, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Dec;13(12):2698-2699. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.10.014. Epub 2020 Oct 27. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020. PMID: 33303103 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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  • Coronary Artery Calcification and Complications in Patients With COVID-19.
    Dillinger JG, Benmessaoud FA, Pezel T, Voicu S, Sideris G, Chergui N, Hamzi L, Chauvin A, Leroy P, Gautier JF, Sène D, Henry P; COVID Research Group of Lariboisiere Hospital. Dillinger JG, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Nov;13(11):2468-2470. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.07.004. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020. PMID: 33153535 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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