Chest CT may depict impact of COVID-19 vaccine on pneumonia in symptomatic patients
Written By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2022-06-03 14:00 GMT | Update On 2022-06-04 09:15 GMT
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Leesburg, VA: According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), evaluating chest CT findings offers an additional approach for demonstrating the efficacy of different COVID-19 vaccines in reducing the impact of a COVID-19 diagnosis.
"Pneumonia frequency and severity were lower in patients with full vaccination by mRNA and adenovirus vector vaccines experiencing breakthrough infections, in comparison with unvaccinated patients," wrote corresponding author Davide Bellini from the department of radiological sciences, oncology, and anatomical pathology at "Sapienza" University of Rome.
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