Nov 19th, 2020

COVID-19 and Respiratory System Disorders

Current Knowledge, Future Clinical and Translational Research Questions

Shari B. Brosnahan, Annemijn H. Jonkman, Matthias C. Kugler, John S. Munger, David A. Kaufman
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