key: cord-0897417-eqbl8db7
authors: Mungmunpuntipantip, Rujittika; Wiwanitkit, Viroj
title: Time-related aortic inflammatory response in severely or critical COVID-19
date: 2022-05-24
journal: J Nucl Cardiol
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-022-03015-3
sha: c62711124bd0d96426aeeb3410f41d89ff78ead0
doc_id: 897417
cord_uid: eqbl8db7

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'' Aortic inflammation, as measured by 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in patients with severe or critical COVID-19, is enhanced in the early post COVID phase and essentially decreases over time, according to Vlachopoulos et al. 1 .

We agree that COVID-19 may have an inflammatory alteration in the aorta. During COVID-19, the pathophysiology could be attributable to an aberrant inflammatory response or a hyperviscosity process. 2 The recent report suggests that the process is reversible and that no pathophysiological process via a permanent pathoimmunological mechanism exists.

Time-related aortic inflammatory response, as assessed with 18F-FDG PET/CT, in patients hospitalized with severely or critical COVID-19: the COVAIR study

Blood viscosity of COVID-19 patient: A preliminary report

Disclosures The authors have indicated that they have no financial conflict of interest.