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

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.

SUBMITTER: Feldman C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7433708 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature