The importance of lung hyperperfusion patterns in COVID-19-related AVDS

Affiliations

¹ Pneumology Department, University Hospital Centre, Amiens, France. jounieaux.vincent@chu-amiens.fr.
² Cardiac, Thoracic-Vascular and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Centre, Amiens, France.
³ Nuclear Medicine Department, University Hospital Centre, Amiens, France.
⁴ Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Comment

Vincent Jounieaux et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;48(10):3022-3023.

doi: 10.1007/s00259-021-05451-8. Epub 2021 Jul 11.

¹ Pneumology Department, University Hospital Centre, Amiens, France. jounieaux.vincent@chu-amiens.fr.
² Cardiac, Thoracic-Vascular and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Centre, Amiens, France.
³ Nuclear Medicine Department, University Hospital Centre, Amiens, France.
⁴ Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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