Yousefimoghaddam Fateme, Goudarzi Ehsan, Ramandi Alireza, Khaheshi Isa
Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Students' Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Aug;48(8):101175. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101175. Epub 2022 Mar 24.
The association of known cardiovascular risk factors and poor prognosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been recently emphasized. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is considered to be a risk predictor of cardiovascular events. Therefore, we have conducted a review of literature on the predictive value of CAC score predictive value in COVID-19 outcome.
A search of literature was conducted, aiming for articles published until December 2021 on PubMed and Scopus to identify potentially eligible studies.
A total of 18 articles were reviewed for association between higher CAC score and adverse outcomes in COVID-19.
The coronary calcium score could be considered as a new radiological marker for risk assessment in COVID-19 patients and providing additional information in fields of prognosis and possible cardiovascular complications. High CAC score is associated with higher in-hospital death and adverse clinical outcomes in patients with confirmed COVID-19, which highlights the importance of calcium load testing for hospitalized COVID-19 patients and calls for attention to patients with high CAC scores.
近期已强调了已知心血管危险因素与2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)预后不良之间的关联。冠状动脉钙化(CAC)评分被认为是心血管事件的风险预测指标。因此,我们对关于CAC评分在COVID-19预后中的预测价值的文献进行了综述。
进行文献检索,目标是在PubMed和Scopus上检索截至2021年12月发表的文章,以识别潜在符合条件的研究。
共审查了18篇关于较高CAC评分与COVID-19不良结局之间关联的文章。
冠状动脉钙化评分可被视为COVID-19患者风险评估的一种新的影像学标志物,并在预后和可能的心血管并发症领域提供额外信息。高CAC评分与确诊COVID-19患者的院内死亡及不良临床结局相关,这凸显了对住院COVID-19患者进行钙负荷检测的重要性,并呼吁关注高CAC评分患者。