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Brief review: Cardiac complications and platelet activation in COVID-19 infection

Year: 2020

Type: review

Abstract: COVID-19 pneumonia, much like that of bacterial and viral community-acquired pneumonia before it, is accompanied by a high rate of cardio- and cerebrovascular events that are associated with an increased risk of complications and a greater mortality. Although the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of these adverse events are not entirely clear and may be multifactorial, platelets appear to have a prominent aetiologic role and this, together with an overview of the clinical evidence, forms the basis of this short review.

Source: African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine

DOI: 10.7196/ajtccm.2020.v26i3.107

Authors: C Feldman, R Anderson

Institutions: University of the Witwatersrand, University of Pretoria

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Research Foundation