Radiology Masterclass
Radiology Masterclass provides online medical imaging educational resources for medical students, junior doctors and allied health care professionals.
Build your skills in medical imaging by using our free to access material, and then sign up to a course completion assessment to prove your knowledge.
For information about COVID-19, please see the COVID-19 discussion pages.
The theoretical Oro-Vasculo-Pulmonary route of infection.
Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones - Director of Radiology Masterclass - presents a hypothesis that transmission of the virus to the lungs is mediated by a direct pathway from the mouth to the lungs via blood vessels. Read the full referenced theory here - Oro-vasculo-pulmonary infection route.
The COVID-19 Pathway: A proposed Oral-Vascular-Pulmonary route of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the importance of oral healthcare measures.
The theory has now been published formally, co-authored by experts in the field of oral healthcare: Dr Shervin Molayem (USA); Dr Carla Cruvinel Pontes (SA); and Prof Iain Chapple (UK). The COVID-19 Pathway: A Proposed Oral-Vascular-Pulmonary Route of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and the Importance of Oral Healthcare Measures. J Oral Med and Dent Res. 2(1):1-25. April 20, 2021.
Theory animation
Watch the short animation to demonstrate the proposed pathway of infection.
The COVID-19 Pathway: A proposed Oral-Vascular-Pulmonary route of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the importance of oral healthcare measures.
NEWS -
BBC World Service interview
Listen to the BBC World Service interview with Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones, Director of Radiology Masterclass.
Hear about the potential for viral delivery from the mouth to the lungs via the blood vessels and why looking after our mouths could be vital.
Listen here - https://bbc.in/3KzfDK9
Oro-Vasculo-Pulmonary route
Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones explains the theory that SARS-CoV-2 could take the same infection route as seen in endocarditis - via the veins of the mouth, neck, and chest, directly to the pulmonary arteries. Read more here - COVID-19 Oro-Vasculo-Pulmonary route
COVID-19 Lung Disease: A Pulmonary Vasculopathy
Watch the presentation by Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones, Director of Radiology Masterclass, given on November 11th 2020 at the annual conference of the British Society for Haematology, titled - What can the Radiology tell us about the vasculopathy of COVID-19 lung disease?
COVID-19 resources
The COVID-19 pathway video animation
Update from Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones, director of Radiology Masterclass. Acute COVID-19 lung disease: A pulmonary vasculopathy - not a respiratory pneumonia
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Recommended textbook
Radiology at a Glance - 2nd Edition
Co-authored by the author of Radiology Masterclass, Radiology at a Glance is a complete overview of medical imaging suitable for medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals. Second edition published September 2017.