High rate of pulmonary thromboembolism in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Nov;26(11):1572-1573. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.06.011. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

Authors

P Minuz¹, G Mansueto², F Mazzaferri³, C Fava¹, A Dalbeni¹, M C Ambrosetti², M Sibani⁴, E Tacconelli³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Section of General Medicine & Hypertension, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, Section of Radiology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
³ Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁴ Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Computed Tomography Angiography
Coronavirus Infections / blood
Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / pathology
Female
Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / analysis
Hospitalization
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / blood
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
Prevalence
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / pathology
Pulmonary Embolism / blood
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology*
Pulmonary Embolism / pathology
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
fibrin fragment D