Thromboembolic Findings in COVID-19 Autopsies: Pulmonary Thrombosis or Embolism?

doi:10.7326/M20-3255

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. 2020 Sep 1;173(5):394-395.

doi: 10.7326/M20-3255. Epub 2020 May 15.

Thromboembolic Findings in COVID-19 Autopsies: Pulmonary Thrombosis or Embolism?

Charuhas Deshpande¹

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PMID: 32422061
PMCID: PMC7249508
DOI: 10.7326/M20-3255

Editorial

Thromboembolic Findings in COVID-19 Autopsies: Pulmonary Thrombosis or Embolism?

Charuhas Deshpande. Ann Intern Med. 2020.

. 2020 Sep 1;173(5):394-395.

doi: 10.7326/M20-3255. Epub 2020 May 15.

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Charuhas Deshpande¹

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¹ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (C.D.).

PMID: 32422061
PMCID: PMC7249508
DOI: 10.7326/M20-3255

Abstract

In their article, Lax and colleagues reported the frequent occurrence of pulmonary thrombosis in a series of autopsies of patients with COVID-19. The editorialist discusses how these findings help to further inform our emerging understanding of thromboembolic disease in COVID-19.

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Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome : Results From a Prospective, Single-Center, Clinicopathologic Case Series.
Lax SF, Skok K, Zechner P, Kessler HH, Kaufmann N, Koelblinger C, Vander K, Bargfrieder U, Trauner M. Lax SF, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2020 Sep 1;173(5):350-361. doi: 10.7326/M20-2566. Epub 2020 May 14. Ann Intern Med. 2020. PMID: 32422076 Free PMC article.

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