Brief review: Cardiac complications and platelet activation in COVID-19 infection.
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SUBMITTER: Feldman C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7433708 | biostudies-literature | 2020
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Brief review: Cardiac complications and platelet activation in COVID-19 infection.
African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine 20200916 3
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 th ...[more]
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