Journal: Radiology
Article Title: Lower extremity arterial thrombosis associated with COVID-19 is characterized by greater thrombus burden and increased rate of amputation and death
doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020202348
Figure Lengend Snippet: Patient flow for the study. Non-COVID-19 means that the patient tested negative for SARS CoV-2. *Two of these patients which tested negative were used as controls as described in the methods section.
Article Snippet: The diagnosis in the 16 patients was based on RT-PCR testing as follows: Nine patients using the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA), two patients using the Hologic Panther Fusion real-time RT-PCR SARS-COV-2 assay (Hologic Inc., San Diego, CA), two patients using the Abbott RealTime SARS-COV-2 assay (Abbott Molecular, Des Plaines, IL) and three patients were diagnosed outside our hospital system (one at an urgent care clinic, one at an outside hospital and one at a nursing home) and details of the test used were not available.
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