PET Imaging Study Links COVID-19 to Reduced Myocardial Flow Reserve - Diagnostic Imaging


8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago
by Jeff Hall

Emerging research from a positron emission tomography (PET) study suggests that prior COVID-19 infection can lead to a 30 percent increased risk of lower myocardial flow reserve in patients with cardiovascular risk factors ranging from diabetes to coronary ar…

In what researchers are calling particularly relevant to long-haul COVID-19, a new study demonstrates that people with prior COVID-19 infection and cardiovascular risk factors have a significantly hi… [+2224 chars]

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