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SUBMITTER: Meizoso JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7982779 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meizoso Jonathan P JP Moore Hunter B HB Moore Ernest E EE
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 20210322 6
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a global public health threat unparalleled in our history. The most severe cases are marked by ARDS attributed to microvascular thrombosis. Hypercoagulability, resulting in a profoundly prothrombotic state, is a distinct feature of COVID-19 and is accentuated by a high incidence of fibrinolysis shutdown. The aims of this review were to describe the manifestations of fibrinolysis shutdown in COVID-19 and its associated outcomes, review the molecular mechanisms ...[more]