COVID-19 and Respiratory System Disorders

Current Knowledge, Future Clinical and Translational Research Questions

Originally published 22 Sep 2020 | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

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Highlights

    • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 is a novel coronavirus that emerged in late 2019, causing a pandemic.
    • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 appears to cause predominantly respiratory disease in the form of viral pneumonia.
    • Severe cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection can lead to hypoxemic respiratory failure with features of the acute respiratory distress syndrome.
    • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection also may increase the risk of arterial or venous thromboembolism, by mechanisms that are not fully understood.

    The full text of this article can be found at: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314515