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Fig. 1 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

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From: Cardiac adipose tissue volume assessed by computed tomography is a specific and independent predictor of early mortality and critical illness in COVID-19 in type 2-diabetic patients

Fig. 1

Illustration of CT imaging biomarkers assessed in two patients admitted for COVID-19 infection including chest CT for lung severity and cardiac, visceral and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue. Top row: A 44-year-old man from the control group presented extensive lung involvement with predominant ground-glass lesions and few consolidations with aeric bronchogram (A, arrows), with a low CATi score (B, red overlay), low VATi (C, red overlay) and low SATi (C, blue overlay). Bottom row: A 79-year-old man with type-2 diabetes shows moderately extensive lung involvement but with predominant consolidation lesions (D, arrows), with a high CATi score (E, red overlay), high VATi (C, red overlay) and high SATi (C, blue overlay). CATi cardiac adipose tissue indexed, VATi visceral adipose tissue indexed, SATi subcutaneous adipose tissue indexed (SATi)

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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