Role of cardiovascular computed tomography parameters and lungs findings in predicting severe COVID-19 patients: a single-centre retrospective study

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Cardiovascular CT-Parameters of COVID-19 patients

Cardiovascular CT-parameters	Patient Outcomes (n = 152)		P-value
Cardiovascular CT-parameters	Recovered (n = 93)	Deceased (n = 59)	P-value
Main pulmonary diameter	2.91 ± (0.41)	3.1 ± (0.36)	0.062
Right pulmonary diameter	2.18 ± (0.41)	2.40 ± (0.47)	0.001*
Left pulmonary diameter	2.10 ± (0.47)	2.19 ± (0.41)	0.212
Ascending aorta diameter	3.39 ± (0.46)	3.47 ± (0.39)	0.257
Descending aorta diameter	2.70 ± (0.40)	2.78 ± (0.39)	0.221
Pulmonary/Asc. Aorta ratio (PA/AA)	0.86 ± (0.18)	0.87 ± (0.10)	0.421
Heart width	12.64 ± (1.8)	14.12 ± (2.51)	0.0001*
Thoracic intervals	23.5 ± (2.74)	23.4 ± (2.71)	0.875
Cardiothoracic ratio (CTR)	0.54 ± (0.11)	0.60 ± (0.1)	0.0001*
Long_Axis_heart	12.37 ± (1.88)	12.67 ± (1.89)	0.329
Short_Axis_heart	9.95 ± (1.63)	9.95 ± (1.63)	0.484
Long /Short axis ratio	1.28 ± (0.17)	1.26 ± (0.17)	0.783
Trans_IVC diameter	2.47 ± (0.59)	2.42 ± (0.72)	0.151
AP_IVC-diameter	1.77 ± (0.64)	1.59 ± (0.73)	0.074
Tran/AP-IVC ratio	1.46 ± (0.44)	1.46 ± (0.46)	0.592