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Strauss SA, Seo C, Carrier M, Jetty P. From cellular function to global impact: the vascular perspective on COVID-19. Can J Surg 2021; 64:E289-E297. [PMID: 33978563 PMCID: PMC8327988 DOI: 10.1503/cjs.023820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic a year ago, our understanding of its effects on the vascular system has slowly evolved. At the cellular level, SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes COVID-19 - accesses the vascular endothelium through the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) receptor and induces proinflammatory and prothrombotic responses. At the clinical level, these pathways lead to thromboembolic events that affect the pulmonary, extracranial, mesenteric, and lower extremity vessels. At the population level, the presence of vascular risk factors predisposes individuals to more severe forms of COVID-19, whereas the absence of vascular risk factors does not spare patients with COVID-19 from unprecedented rates of stroke, pulmonary embolism and acute limb ischemia. Finally, at the community and global level, the fear of COVID-19, measures taken to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and reallocation of limited hospital resources have led to delayed presentations of severe forms of ischemia, surgery cancellations and missed opportunities for limb salvage. The purpose of this narrative review is to present some of the data on COVID-19, from cellular mechanisms to clinical manifestations, and discuss its impact on the local and global surgical communities from a vascular perspective.
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- Shira A Strauss
- From the Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Ottawa at The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Strauss, Jetty); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Strauss, Seo, Carrier, Jetty); the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Carrier); and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Carrier)
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- From the Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Ottawa at The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Strauss, Jetty); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Strauss, Seo, Carrier, Jetty); the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Carrier); and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Carrier)
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- From the Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Ottawa at The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Strauss, Jetty); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Strauss, Seo, Carrier, Jetty); the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Carrier); and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Carrier)
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- From the Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Ottawa at The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Strauss, Jetty); the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Strauss, Seo, Carrier, Jetty); the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Carrier); and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. (Carrier)
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Haji Aghajani M, Moradi O, Amini H, Azhdari Tehrani H, Pourheidar E, Rabiei MM, Sistanizad M. Decreased in-hospital mortality associated with aspirin administration in hospitalized patients due to severe COVID-19. J Med Virol 2021; 93:5390-5395. [PMID: 33913549 PMCID: PMC8242852 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Revised: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hypercoagulability and thrombosis caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) are related to the higher mortality rate. Because of limited data on the antiplatelet effect, we aimed to evaluate the impact of aspirin add‐on therapy on the outcome of the patients hospitalized due to severe COVID‐19. In this cohort study, patients with a confirmed diagnosis of severe COVID‐19 admitted to Imam Hossein Medical Center, Tehran, Iran from March 2019 to July 2020 were included. Demographics and related clinical data during their hospitalization were recorded. The mortality rate of the patients was considered as the primary outcome and its association with aspirin use was assessed. Nine hundred and ninety‐one patients were included, of that 336 patients (34%) received aspirin during their hospitalization and 655 ones (66%) did not. Comorbidities were more prevalent in the patients who were receiving aspirin. Results from the multivariate COX proportional model demonstrated a significant independent association between aspirin use and reduction in the risk of in‐hospital mortality (0.746 [0.560–0.994], p = 0.046). Aspirin use in hospitalized patients with COVID‐19 is associated with a significant decrease in mortality rate. Further prospective randomized controlled trials are needed to assess the efficacy and adverse effects of aspirin administration in this population. Aspirin administration decrease the rate of mortality in hospitalized patients with severe COVID‐19, independently. Although the crude analysis showed higher mortality rate in patients recieved aspirin, these patients have higher rate of underlying conditions. By performing stepwise COX regression analysis and adjusting the effect of comorbidities, aspirin administration was protective in hospitalized patients with severe COVID‐19.
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- Mohammad Haji Aghajani
- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Clinical Research Development Unit of Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Rattis BAC, Ramos SG, Celes MRN. Curcumin as a Potential Treatment for COVID-19. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:675287. [PMID: 34025433 PMCID: PMC8138567 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.675287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that rapidly spread throughout the world leading to high mortality rates. Despite the knowledge of previous diseases caused by viruses of the same family, such as MERS and SARS-CoV, management and treatment of patients with COVID-19 is a challenge. One of the best strategies around the world to help combat the COVID-19 has been directed to drug repositioning; however, these drugs are not specific to this new virus. Additionally, the pathophysiology of COVID-19 is highly heterogeneous, and the way of SARS-CoV-2 modulates the different systems in the host remains unidentified, despite recent discoveries. This complex and multifactorial response requires a comprehensive therapeutic approach, enabling the integration and refinement of therapeutic responses of a given single compound that has several action potentials. In this context, natural compounds, such as Curcumin, have shown beneficial effects on the progression of inflammatory diseases due to its numerous action mechanisms: antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and cytoprotective. These and many other effects of curcumin make it a promising target in the adjuvant treatment of COVID-19. Hence, the purpose of this review is to specifically point out how curcumin could interfere at different times/points during the infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, providing a substantial contribution of curcumin as a new adjuvant therapy for the treatment of COVID-19.
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- Bruna A. C. Rattis
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Department of Bioscience and Technology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiania, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Department of Bioscience and Technology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiania, Brazil
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Daisley H, Rampersad A, Daisley M, Ramdin A, Acco O, Narinesingh F, Humphrey O. COVID-19: a closer look at the pathology in two autopsied cases. Is the pericyte at the center of the pathological process in COVID-19? AUTOPSY AND CASE REPORTS 2021; 11:e2021262. [PMID: 34307223 PMCID: PMC8214877 DOI: 10.4322/acr.2021.262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We performed autopsies on two cases of COVID-19. The microcirculations of all organs were the site of the pathological findings. Thrombotic microangiopathy was found in the brain and also the kidneys. Vasculitis was also a feature of the autopsy findings, together with portal triaditis of the liver. The major pathological findings in both cases were fibrin deposits. Within the lung, the fibrin deposits were observed in the alveolar microcirculation in sub-endothelial locations of capillaries, arterioles, post capillary venules, and the adventitia of larger vessels. These fibrin deposits in the lungs occurred at the sites where pericytes are located in these vessels. The pericyte with its high concentration of ACE-2 receptors and its procoagulant state may represent one of the primary sites of action of SARS-CoV-2. A review of pericytes in health and disease is undertaken. COVID-19 is a disease of the microcirculation.
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- Hubert Daisley
- General Hospital San Fernando, Department of Pathology, Trinidad, West Indies
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- General Hospital San Fernando, Department of Pathology, Trinidad, West Indies
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- Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Accident and Emergency, Tobago, West Indies
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- General Hospital San Fernando, Department of Pathology, Trinidad, West Indies
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- General Hospital San Fernando, Department of Pathology, Trinidad, West Indies
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- University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies
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Schernthaner G. Can glucose-lowering drugs affect the prognosis of COVID-19 in patients with type 2 diabetes? Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2021; 9:251-252. [PMID: 33798462 PMCID: PMC8009615 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(21)00059-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Guntram Schernthaner
- Department of Medicine I, Rudolfstiftung Hospital Vienna, Vienna A 1030, Austria; Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Weeks LD, Sylvester KW, Connors JM, Connell NT. Management of therapeutic unfractionated heparin in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study. Res Pract Thromb Haemost 2021; 5:e12521. [PMID: 34013153 PMCID: PMC8114028 DOI: 10.1002/rth2.12521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection are at risk for thrombotic complications necessitating use of therapeutic unfractionated heparin (UFH). Full-dose anticoagulation limits requirements for organ support interventions in moderately ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Given this benefit, it is important to evaluate response to therapeutic anticoagulation in this population. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess therapeutic UFH infusions and associated bleeding risk in patients with COVID-19. PATIENTS/METHODS This retrospective cohort study includes patients at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, receiving weight-based nursing-nomogram titrated UFH infusion during a 10-week surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations. Of 358 patients on therapeutic UFH during this interval, 97 (27.1%) had confirmed COVID-19. Patient characteristics, laboratory values, and information regarding UFH infusion and bleeding events were obtained from the electronic medical record. RESULTS Patients who were COVID-19 positive had fewer therapeutic activatrd partial thromboplastin times (aPTTs) compared to COVID-19-negative patients (median rate, 40.0% vs 53.1%; P < .0005). Both major and clinically relevant nonmajor bleeding were increased in COVID-19-positive patients, with major bleeding observed in 10.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.7%-17.9%) of patients who were COVID-19 positive and 3.1% (95% CI, 1.6%-5.9%) of patients who were COVID-19 negative (P < .005). In logistic regression, bleeding events were associated with receiving UFH for longer than 7 days, but not platelet count, coagulation, or inflammatory measurements. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate a higher incidence of bleeding complications in patients with COVID-19 receiving weight-based nursing-nomogram titrated UFH infusions despite a higher prevalence of subtherapeutic aPTTs in this population. These data underscore the need for prospective studies aimed at improving the quality and safety of therapeutic anticoagulation in patients with COVID-19.
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- Lachelle D. Weeks
- Department of Medical OncologyDana Farber Cancer InstituteBostonMAUSA
- Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
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- Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
- Hematology Division, Department of MedicineBrigham and Women’s HospitalBostonMAUSA
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- Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
- Hematology Division, Department of MedicineBrigham and Women’s HospitalBostonMAUSA
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Shevchuk O, Begonja AJ, Gambaryan S, Totzeck M, Rassaf T, Huber TB, Greinacher A, Renne T, Sickmann A. Proteomics: A Tool to Study Platelet Function. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094776. [PMID: 33946341 PMCID: PMC8125008 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Platelets are components of the blood that are highly reactive, and they quickly respond to multiple physiological and pathophysiological processes. In the last decade, it became clear that platelets are the key components of circulation, linking hemostasis, innate, and acquired immunity. Protein composition, localization, and activity are crucial for platelet function and regulation. The current state of mass spectrometry-based proteomics has tremendous potential to identify and quantify thousands of proteins from a minimal amount of material, unravel multiple post-translational modifications, and monitor platelet activity during drug treatments. This review focuses on the role of proteomics in understanding the molecular basics of the classical and newly emerging functions of platelets. including the recently described role of platelets in immunology and the development of COVID-19.The state-of-the-art proteomic technologies and their application in studying platelet biogenesis, signaling, and storage are described, and the potential of newly appeared trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) is highlighted. Additionally, implementing proteomic methods in platelet transfusion medicine, and as a diagnostic and prognostic tool, is discussed.
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- Olga Shevchuk
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften—ISAS—e.V, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Straße 11, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Immunodynamics, Institute of Experimental Immunology and Imaging, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
- Correspondence: (O.S.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia;
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Torez pr. 44, 194223 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- West German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, Germany; (M.T.); (T.R.)
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- West German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, Germany; (M.T.); (T.R.)
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- III. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany;
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- Institut für Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Sauerbruchstraße, 17475 Greifswald, Germany;
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany;
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften—ISAS—e.V, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Straße 11, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
- Medizinisches Proteom-Center (MPC), Medizinische Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, UK
- Correspondence: (O.S.); (A.S.)
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Kuznetsova TA, Andryukov BG, Makarenkova ID, Zaporozhets TS, Besednova NN, Fedyanina LN, Kryzhanovsky SP, Shchelkanov MY. The Potency of Seaweed Sulfated Polysaccharides for the Correction of Hemostasis Disorders in COVID-19. Molecules 2021; 26:2618. [PMID: 33947107 PMCID: PMC8124591 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26092618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hemostasis disorders play an important role in the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and outcome of COVID-19. First of all, the hemostasis system suffers due to a complicated and severe course of COVID-19. A significant number of COVID-19 patients develop signs of hypercoagulability, thrombocytopenia, and hyperfibrinolysis. Patients with severe COVID-19 have a tendency toward thrombotic complications in the venous and arterial systems, which is the leading cause of death in this disease. Despite the success achieved in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the search for new effective anticoagulants, thrombolytics, and fibrinolytics, as well as their optimal dose strategies, continues to be relevant. The wide therapeutic potential of seaweed sulfated polysaccharides (PSs), including anticoagulant, thrombolytic, and fibrinolytic activities, opens up new possibilities for their study in experimental and clinical trials. These natural compounds can be important complementary drugs for the recovery from hemostasis disorders due to their natural origin, safety, and low cost compared to synthetic drugs. In this review, the authors analyze possible pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the hemostasis disorders observed in the pathological progression of COVID-19, and also focus the attention of researchers on seaweed PSs as potential drugs aimed to correction these disorders in COVID-19 patients. Modern literature data on the anticoagulant, antithrombotic, and fibrinolytic activities of seaweed PSs are presented, depending on their structural features (content and position of sulfate groups on the main chain of PSs, molecular weight, monosaccharide composition and type of glycosidic bonds, the degree of PS chain branching, etc.). The mechanisms of PS action on the hemostasis system and the issues of oral bioavailability of PSs, important for their clinical use as oral anticoagulant and antithrombotic agents, are considered. The combination of the anticoagulant, thrombolytic, and fibrinolytic properties, along with low toxicity and relative cheapness of production, open up prospects for the clinical use of PSs as alternative sources of new anticoagulant and antithrombotic compounds. However, further investigation and clinical trials are needed to confirm their efficacy.
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- Tatyana A. Kuznetsova
- G.P. Somov Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, 690087 Vladivostok, Russia; (B.G.A.); (I.D.M.); (T.S.Z.); (N.N.B.); (M.Y.S.)
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- G.P. Somov Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, 690087 Vladivostok, Russia; (B.G.A.); (I.D.M.); (T.S.Z.); (N.N.B.); (M.Y.S.)
- School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), 690091 Vladivostok, Russia;
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- G.P. Somov Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, 690087 Vladivostok, Russia; (B.G.A.); (I.D.M.); (T.S.Z.); (N.N.B.); (M.Y.S.)
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- G.P. Somov Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, 690087 Vladivostok, Russia; (B.G.A.); (I.D.M.); (T.S.Z.); (N.N.B.); (M.Y.S.)
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- G.P. Somov Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, 690087 Vladivostok, Russia; (B.G.A.); (I.D.M.); (T.S.Z.); (N.N.B.); (M.Y.S.)
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- School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), 690091 Vladivostok, Russia;
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- Medical Association of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia;
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- G.P. Somov Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, 690087 Vladivostok, Russia; (B.G.A.); (I.D.M.); (T.S.Z.); (N.N.B.); (M.Y.S.)
- School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), 690091 Vladivostok, Russia;
- Federal Scientific Center of the Eastern Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 690091 Vladivostok, Russia
- National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 690091 Vladivostok, Russia
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Beura SK, Panigrahi AR, Yadav P, Singh SK. Phytochemicals as Potential Therapeutics for SARS-CoV-2-Induced Cardiovascular Complications: Thrombosis and Platelet Perspective. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:658273. [PMID: 33981235 PMCID: PMC8107428 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.658273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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After gaining entry through ACE2 aided by TMPRSS2, the SARS-CoV-2 causes serious complications of the cardiovascular system leading to myocarditis and other myocardial injuries apart from causing lung, kidney and brain dysfunctions. Here in this review, we are going to divulge the cellular and immunological mechanisms behind the cardiovascular, thrombotic and platelet impairments that are caused in COVID-19. In addition, we also propose the significance of various anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic phytochemicals in the treatment of COVID-19. The virus induces many immune-modulatory cytokines and chemokines which help in the intravascular coagulation and create a pro-thrombotic environment along with pulmonary embolism and thrombocytopenia. Different types of innate and adaptive immune cells and their granular contents regulate the pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 induced endothelial and platelet dysfunctions which correlate the involvement of platelets with myocardial injury and intravascular thrombi directly or indirectly. Hence, by exploiting the natural bioactive compounds from medicinal plants and inhibiting the platelet mediated thrombus formation can be beneficial for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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- Samir K Beura
- Department of Zoology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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- Department of Zoology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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Lozahic C, Maddock H, Sandhu H. Anti-cancer Therapy Leads to Increased Cardiovascular Susceptibility to COVID-19. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:634291. [PMID: 33969006 PMCID: PMC8102732 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.634291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Anti-cancer treatment regimens can lead to both acute- and long-term myocardial injury due to off-target effects. Besides, cancer patients and survivors are severely immunocompromised due to the harsh effect of anti-cancer therapy targeting the bone marrow cells. Cancer patients and survivors can therefore be potentially extremely clinically vulnerable and at risk from infectious diseases. The recent global outbreak of the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its infection called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly become a worldwide health emergency, and on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). A high fatality rate has been reported in COVID-19 patients suffering from underlying cardiovascular diseases. This highlights the critical and crucial aspect of monitoring cancer patients and survivors for potential cardiovascular complications during this unprecedented health crisis involving the progressive worldwide spread of COVID-19. COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease; however, COVID-19 has shown cardiac injury symptoms similar to the cardiotoxicity associated with anti-cancer therapy, including arrhythmia, myocardial injury and infarction, and heart failure. Due to the significant prevalence of micro- and macro-emboli and damaged vessels, clinicians worldwide have begun to consider whether COVID-19 may in fact be as much a vascular disease as a respiratory disease. However, the underlying mechanisms and pathways facilitating the COVID-19-induced cardiac injury in cancer and non-cancer patients remain unclear. Investigations into whether COVID-19 cardiac injury and anti-cancer drug-induced cardiac injury in cancer patients and survivors might synergistically increase the cardiovascular complications and comorbidity risk through a “two-hit” model are needed. Identification of cardiac injury mechanisms and pathways associated with COVID-19 development overlapping with anti-cancer therapy could help clinicians to allow a more optimized prognosis and treatment of cancer survivors suffering from COVID-19. The following review will focus on summarizing the harmful cardiovascular risk of COVID-19 in cancer patients and survivors treated with an anti-cancer drug. This review will improve the knowledge of COVID-19 impact in the field of cardio-oncology and potentially improve the outcome of patients.
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- Caroline Lozahic
- Faculty Research Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Faculty Research Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Faculty Research Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
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Perez-Bermejo JA, Kang S, Rockwood SJ, Simoneau CR, Joy DA, Silva AC, Ramadoss GN, Flanigan WR, Fozouni P, Li H, Chen PY, Nakamura K, Whitman JD, Hanson PJ, McManus BM, Ott M, Conklin BR, McDevitt TC. SARS-CoV-2 infection of human iPSC-derived cardiac cells reflects cytopathic features in hearts of patients with COVID-19. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:eabf7872. [PMID: 33723017 PMCID: PMC8128284 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abf7872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes cardiac dysfunction in up to 25% of patients, its pathogenesis remains unclear. Exposure of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived heart cells to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) revealed productive infection and robust transcriptomic and morphological signatures of damage, particularly in cardiomyocytes. Transcriptomic disruption of structural genes corroborates adverse morphologic features, which included a distinct pattern of myofibrillar fragmentation and nuclear disruption. Human autopsy specimens from patients with COVID-19 reflected similar alterations, particularly sarcomeric fragmentation. These notable cytopathic features in cardiomyocytes provide insights into SARS-CoV-2-induced cardiac damage, offer a platform for discovery of potential therapeutics, and raise concerns about the long-term consequences of COVID-19 in asymptomatic and severe cases.
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Program in Bioengineering, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Program in Bioengineering, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
- Department of Neurology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
- Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
- Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Predictors of Mortality in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Demanding High Oxygen Flow: A Thin Line between Inflammation, Cytokine Storm, and Coagulopathy. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2021; 2021:6648199. [PMID: 33968298 PMCID: PMC8081622 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6648199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Introduction Mortality among critically ill COVID-19 patients remains relatively high despite different potential therapeutic modalities being introduced recently. The treatment of critically ill patients is a challenging task, without identified credible predictors of mortality. Methods We performed an analysis of 160 consecutive patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection admitted to the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit between June 23, 2020, and October 2, 2020, in University Hospital Center Bezanijska kosa, Belgrade, Serbia. Patients on invasive, noninvasive ventilation and high flow oxygen therapy with moderate to severe ARDS, according to the Berlin definition of ARDS, were selected for the study. Demographic data, past medical history, laboratory values, and CT severity score were analyzed to identify predictors of mortality. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess potential predictors of mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Results The mean patient age was 65.6 years (range, 29–92 years), predominantly men, 68.8%. 107 (66.9%) patients were on invasive mechanical ventilation, 31 (19.3%) on noninvasive, and 22 (13.8%) on high flow oxygen therapy machine. The median total number of ICU days was 10 (25th to 75th percentile: 6–18), while the median total number of hospital stay was 18 (25th to 75th percentile: 12–28). The mortality rate was 60% (96/160). Univariate logistic regression analysis confirmed the significance of age, CRP, and lymphocytes at admission to hospital, serum albumin, D-dimer, and IL-6 at admission to ICU, and CT score. Serum albumin, D-dimer, and IL-6 at admission to ICU were independently associated with mortality in the final multivariate analysis. Conclusion In the present study of 160 consecutive critically ill COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe ARDS, IL-6, serum albumin, and D-dimer at admission to ICU, accompanied by chest CT severity score, were marked as independent predictors of mortality.
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Anilkumar A, Tan E, Cleaver J, Morrison HD. Isolated abducens nerve palsy in a patient with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. J Clin Neurosci 2021; 89:65-67. [PMID: 34119296 PMCID: PMC8055164 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The neuro-ophthalmological complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection are emerging but the spectrum of presentations and pathophysiological mechanism underpinning the association remains to be fully determined. We describe the case of a 44-year-old female who presented with a 12-hour history of diplopia preceded by a mild headache and found to have an isolated right abducens nerve palsy. Initial vital signs were normal but she developed a fever and nasopharyngeal swab confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by RT-PCR. All other investigations returned normal including blood tests, chest X-ray, MRI brain and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. She remained systemically well, and there was complete resolution of the abducens palsy and diplopia at two week follow up. In the absence of an alternative underlying cause or risk factors identified, the aetiology was presumed to be microvascular and potentially related to the viral infection. We add to the evolving literature of neuro-ophthalmological associations of SARS-CoV-2, discuss possible causal mechanisms and suggest considering asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in cases of isolated abducens palsy without clear risk factors.
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- Department of Neurology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK
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- Department of Neurology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK
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- Department of Neurology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK; Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PL, UK.
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An Integrated Approach of the Potential Underlying Molecular Mechanistic Paradigms of SARS-CoV-2-Mediated Coagulopathy. Indian J Clin Biochem 2021; 36:387-403. [PMID: 33875909 PMCID: PMC8047580 DOI: 10.1007/s12291-021-00972-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a pandemic disease which has affected more than 6.2 million people globally, with numbers mounting considerably daily. However, till date, no specific treatment modalities are available for Covid-19 and also not much information is known about this disease. Recent studies have revealed that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with the generation of thrombosis and coagulopathy. Fundamentally, it has been believed that a diverse array of signalling pathways might be responsible for the activation of coagulation cascade during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Henceforth, a detailed understanding of these probable underlying molecular mechanistic pathways causing thrombosis in Covid-19 disease deserves an urgent exploration. Therefore, in this review, the hypothetical crosstalk between distinct signalling pathways including apoptosis, inflammation, hypoxia and angiogenesis attributable for the commencement of thrombotic events during SARS-CoV-2 infection has been addressed which might further unravel promising therapeutic targets in Covid-19 disease.
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Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT): Targeting Pathomechanisms with Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Thromb Haemost 2021; 121:1395-1399. [PMID: 33851389 DOI: 10.1055/a-1481-3039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A series of cases with rare thromboembolic incidents including cerebral sinus vein thrombosis (some of them fatal) and concomitant thrombocytopenia occurring shortly after vaccination with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine AZD1222 (Vaxzevria) have caused significant concern and led to its temporary suspension in many countries. Immediate laboratory efforts in four of these patients have identified a tentative pathomechanism underlying this syndrome termed initially vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT) and renamed recently vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). It encompasses the presence of platelet-activating antibodies to platelet factor-4/heparin complexes, possibly emulated by polyanionic constituents of AZD1222, and thus resembles heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Because these immune complexes bind and activate platelets via Fcγ receptor IIA (FcγRIIA), high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin G has been suggested for treatment of VITT in addition to non-heparin anticoagulants. Here we propose inhibitors of Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) approved for B cell malignancies (e.g., ibrutinib) as another therapeutic option in VITT, as they are expected to pleiotropically target multiple pathways downstream of FcγRIIA-mediated Btk activation, for example, as demonstrated for the effective inhibition of platelet aggregation, dense granule secretion, P-selectin expression and platelet-neutrophil aggregate formation stimulated by FcγRIIA cross-linking. Moreover, C-type lectin-like receptor CLEC-2- and GPIb-mediated platelet activation, the interactions and activation of monocytes and the release of neutrophil extracellular traps, as encountered in HIT, could be attenuated by Btk inhibitors. As a paradigm for emergency repurposing of approved drugs in COVID-19, off-label use of Btk inhibitors in a low-dose range not affecting haemostatic functions could thus be considered a sufficiently safe option to treat VITT.
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Wang W, Sun Q, Bao Y, Liang M, Meng Q, Chen H, Li J, Wang H, Li H, Shi Y, Li Z, Wang X, Zhao S, Wang H, Xiao J, Chen L, Zheng Y, Wang D, Han K. Analysis of Risk Factors for Thromboembolic Events in 88 Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia in Wuhan, China: A Retrospective Descriptive Report. Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929708. [PMID: 33839733 PMCID: PMC8047776 DOI: 10.12659/msm.929708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019, there have been 96 623 laboratory-confirmed cases and 4784 deaths by December 29 in China. We aimed to analyze the risk factors and the incidence of thrombosis from patients with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty-eight inpatients with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia were reported (31 critical cases, 33 severe cases, and 24 common cases). The thrombosis risk factor assessment, laboratory results, ultrasonographic findings, and prognoses of these patients were analyzed, and compared among groups with different severity. RESULTS Nineteen of the 88 cases developed DVT (12 critical cases, 7 severe cases, and no common cases). In addition, among the 18 patients who died, 5 were diagnosed with DVT. Positive correlations were observed between the increase in D-dimer level (≥5 µg/mL) and the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia (r=0.679, P<0.01), and between the high Padua score (≥4) and the severity (r=0.799, P<0.01). In addition, the CRP and LDH levels on admission had positive correlations with the severity of illness (CRP: r=0.522, P<0.01; LDH: r=0.600, P<0.01). A negative correlation was observed between the lymphocyte count on admission and the severity of illness (r=-0.523, P<0.01). There was also a negative correlation between the lymphocyte count on admission and mortality in critical patients (r=-0.499, P<0.01). Univariable logistic regression analysis showed that the occurrence of DVT was positively correlated with disease severity (crude odds ratio: 3.643, 95% CI: 1.218-10.896, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our report illustrates that critically or severely ill patients have an associated high D-dimer value and high Padua score, and illustrates that a low threshold to screen for DVT may help improve detection of thromboembolism in these groups of patients, especially in asymptomatic patients. Our results suggest that early administration of prophylactic anticoagulant would benefit the prognosis of critical patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and would likely reduce thromboembolic rates.
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- Wenyu Wang
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Vascular Interventional Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Infection, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Endocrinology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China (mainland)
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- Department of Urology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Infection, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China (mainland)
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Endothelial dysfunction and immunothrombosis as key pathogenic mechanisms in COVID-19. Nat Rev Immunol 2021; 21:319-329. [PMID: 33824483 PMCID: PMC8023349 DOI: 10.1038/s41577-021-00536-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 544] [Impact Index Per Article: 181.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a clinical syndrome caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Patients with severe disease show hyperactivation of the immune system, which can affect multiple organs besides the lungs. Here, we propose that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a process known as immunothrombosis, in which activated neutrophils and monocytes interact with platelets and the coagulation cascade, leading to intravascular clot formation in small and larger vessels. Microthrombotic complications may contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other organ dysfunctions. Therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing immunothrombosis may therefore be useful. Several antithrombotic and immunomodulating drugs have been proposed as candidates to treat patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The growing understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection pathogenesis and how it contributes to critical illness and its complications may help to improve risk stratification and develop targeted therapies to reduce the acute and long-term consequences of this disease. Here, the authors propose that SARS-CoV-2 induces a prothrombotic state, with dysregulated immunothrombosis in lung microvessels and endothelial injury, which drive the clinical manifestations of severe COVID-19. They discuss potential antithrombotic and immunomodulating drugs that are being considered in the treatment of patients with COVID-19.
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Bozzani A, Arici V, Tavazzi G, Mojoli F, Bruno R, Sterpetti AV, Ragni F. Acute Thrombosis of Lower Limbs Arteries in the Acute Phase and After Recovery From COVID19. Ann Surg 2021; 273:e159-e160. [PMID: 33417332 PMCID: PMC7959866 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Antonio Bozzani
- Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Medical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Science, University of Pavia, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Medical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Science, University of Pavia, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Medical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Science, University of Pavia, Italy
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- Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Vrints CJM, Krychtiuk KA, Van Craenenbroeck EM, Segers VF, Price S, Heidbuchel H. Endothelialitis plays a central role in the pathophysiology of severe COVID-19 and its cardiovascular complications. Acta Cardiol 2021; 76:109-124. [PMID: 33208052 PMCID: PMC7682384 DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2020.1846921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This clinical review paper discusses the pathophysiology of the pulmonary and cardiovascular manifestations of a SARS-CoV-2 infection and the ensuing implications on acute cardiovascular care in patients presenting with a severe COVID-19 syndrome admitted to an intensive acute cardiac care unit. The high prevalence of old age, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, and ischaemic heart disease in patients who develop a severe to critical COVID-19 syndrome suggests shared pathophysiological mechanisms. Pre-existing endothelial dysfunction and an impaired innate immune response promote the development by the viral infection of an acute endothelialitis in the pulmonary microcirculation complicated by abnormal vasoconstrictor responses, luminal plugging by inflammatory cells, and intravascular thrombosis. This endothelialitis extends into the systemic circulation what may lead to acute myocardial injury, myocarditis, and thromboembolic complications both in the arterial and venous circulation.
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- Christiaan J. M. Vrints
- Research Group Cardiovascular Diseases, Department GENCOR, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine II - Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Research Group Cardiovascular Diseases, Department GENCOR, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium
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- Research Group Cardiovascular Diseases, Department GENCOR, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology and Department of Adult Critical Care, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Research Group Cardiovascular Diseases, Department GENCOR, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium
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Li G, Chen Z, Lv Z, Li H, Chang D, Lu J. Diabetes Mellitus and COVID-19: Associations and Possible Mechanisms. Int J Endocrinol 2021; 2021:7394378. [PMID: 33859687 PMCID: PMC8025139 DOI: 10.1155/2021/7394378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a recently emerged disease with formidable infectivity and high mortality. Emerging data suggest that diabetes is one of the most prevalent comorbidities in patients with COVID-19. Although their causal relationship has not yet been investigated, preexisting diabetes can be considered as a risk factor for the adverse outcomes of COVID-19. Proinflammatory state, attenuation of the innate immune response, possibly increased level of ACE2, along with vascular dysfunction, and prothrombotic state in people with diabetes probably contribute to higher susceptibility for SARS-CoV-2 infection and worsened prognosis. On the other hand, activated inflammation, islet damage induced by virus infection, and treatment with glucocorticoids could, in turn, result in impaired glucose regulation in people with diabetes, thus working as an amplification loop to aggravate the disease. Therefore, glycemic management in people with COVID-19, especially in those with severe illness, is of considerable importance. The insights may help to reduce the fatality in the effort against COVID-19.
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- Gerui Li
- Department of Geratology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Geratology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Geratology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei, China
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- Department of Geratology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, Hubei, China
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Acharya S, Lee J, Kelly T, Kshetree BK. Isolated Basilic Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Patient. Cureus 2021; 13:e14178. [PMID: 33936889 PMCID: PMC8081373 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.14178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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COVID-19 has not spared a single system in the human body. Although acute respiratory failure culminating sometimes in death remains the most common manifestation of severe infection, hypercoagulability leading to deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), and stroke have also been identified widely. Here, we describe a young patient with a COVID-19 infection who developed right basilic vein thrombosis. This case demonstrates how thrombosis can occur in uncommon sites and how clinicians should be vigilant for thrombotic complications in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
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- Sameer Acharya
- Internal Medicine, Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Patel L, Gandhi D, Westergard E, Ornes M, Lillyblad M, Skeik N. COVID-19 and venous thromboembolism: Known and unknown for imaging decisions. World J Radiol 2021; 13:64-74. [PMID: 33815684 PMCID: PMC8006055 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v13.i3.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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As we continue to fight against the current coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare professionals across the globe are trying to answer questions surrounding how to best help patients with the up-to-date available science while awaiting the development of new therapies and mass vaccination. Since early in the pandemic, studies indicated a heightened risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 infected patients. There have been differing expert opinions about how to assess pretest probability of VTE in this patient population. This has been partly due to the high prevalence of respiratory failure in this patient population and the use of D-dimer as a prognostic test which is also frequently elevated in patients with COVID-19 in absence of VTE. Some experts have argued for an approach similar to usual care with testing if clinical suspicion is high enough. Some have argued for more routine screening at different points of care. Others have even suggested empiric therapeutic anti-coagulation in moderate to severely ill COVID-19 patients. In the following article, we review and summarize the most current literature in hopes of assisting clinicians in decision making and guidance for when to be concerned for VTE in COVID-19 patients. We also discuss research gaps and share pathways currently being used within our institution.
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- Love Patel
- Division of Hospital Medicine, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN 55407, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, United States
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- Department of Graduate Medical Education, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN 55408, United States
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN 55407, United States
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- Department of Pharmacy, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN 55407, United States
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health, Minneapolis, MN 55407, United States
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Eroglu SE, Ademoglu E, Bayram S, Aksel G. A Rare Cause of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in COVID-19: MINOCA Syndrome. Medeni Med J 2021; 36:63-68. [PMID: 33828892 PMCID: PMC8020180 DOI: 10.5222/mmj.2021.25478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is defined as having a stenosis of less than 50% or no stenosis in coronary angiography in a patient diagnosed with myocardial infarction. Because of its thrombogenic predisposition in COVID-19, the diagnosis of MINOCA syndrome is rarely thought in the patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial Infarction on electrocardiogram. In this case report, we discuss a 47-year-old male patient diagnosed with MINOCA who was followed up with respiratory failure due to COVID-19 viral pneumonia in intensive care unit. His 12-lead electrocardiogram showed “inferior STEMI”. A 30-40% stenosis was also shown in the midportion of left anterior descending artery in emergency coronary angiography. The patient had a normal computed tomographic pulmonary angiography and was discharged with a full recovery. MINOCA may be triggered by hyperinflammation or various processes due to COVID-19. To explain these processes associated with MINOCA syndrome, further clinical trials are needed.
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- Serkan Emre Eroglu
- Health Sciences University, Umraniye Research and Training Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Umraniye Research and Training Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Umraniye Research and Training Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Health Sciences University, Umraniye Research and Training Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Wang J, Meng W. COVID-19 and diabetes: the contributions of hyperglycemia. J Mol Cell Biol 2021; 12:958-962. [PMID: 33002109 PMCID: PMC7543402 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjaa054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- Jing Wang
- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan, China
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Henrina J, Santosa Putra IC, Cahyadi I, Lawrensia S, Hadi Gunawan HF, Cahyadi A, Franke J, Suciadi LP. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of venous thromboembolism in patients hospitalized for COVID-19: Systematic review and meta-analysis. THROMBOSIS UPDATE 2021; 2:100037. [PMID: 38620815 PMCID: PMC7857988 DOI: 10.1016/j.tru.2021.100037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Venous thromboembolism is prevalent in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Through systematic review and meta-analysis, we have investigated the differences in clinical characteristics and outcome of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with (+) and without (-) venous thromboembolism (VTE). 45 studies with a total of 8859 patients were included in the qualitative synthesis. Subsequently, 38 studies with a total of 7847 patients, were quantitatively analyzed. There was no mortality difference between the VTE (-) and VTE (+) hospitalized COVID-19 patients (RR1.32 (0.97, 1.79); 0.07; I2 64%, p < 0.001). Patients with VTE (+) were more likely to get admitted to the intensive care unit (RR1.77 (1.26, 2.50); p < 0.001; I2 63%, p = 0.03) and mechanically ventilated (RR 2.35 (1.22, 4.53); p = 0.01; I2 88%, p < 0.001). Moreover, male gender (RR 1.19 (1.14,1.24), p < 0.001; I2 0%, p = 0.68), increased the risk of VTE. Regarding patients lab values', VTE (+) was significantly associated with higher white blood cell, neutrophil count, D-Dimer, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and C-reactive protein (CRP), along with prolonged prothrombin time. On the contrary, VTE (+) was associated with lower albumin and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR). This findings provide the initial framework for risk stratification of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with VTE.
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jl. Pluit Raya No.2, RT.21/RW.8, Penjaringan, Kec. Penjaringan, Kota Jakarta Utara, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, 14440, Indonesia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia/ Atma Jaya Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Zhu Y, Zhang J, Li Y, Liu F, Zhou Q, Peng Z. Association between thrombocytopenia and 180-day prognosis of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: A two-center observational study. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248671. [PMID: 33735911 PMCID: PMC7972743 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Thrombocytopenia has been proved to be associated with hospital mortality in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. However, the detailed association of thrombocytopenia with subsequent progression of organ functions and long-term prognosis in critically ill COVID-19 patients remains to be explored. METHODS Medical records of 167 confirmed cases of critically ill COVID-19 from February 16 to March 21, 2020 were collected in this two-center retrospective study. 180-day's outcome and clinical organ development in patients with thrombocytopenia and non-thrombocytopenia were analyzed. FINDINGS Among all 167 patients, the median age was 66 years and 67.07% were male. Significant differences were noticed in laboratory findings including white blood cells, blood urea, total bilirubin, lactate dehydrogenase and SOFA score between groups of thrombocytopenia and non-thrombocytopenia. Older age, lower platelet count and longer activated partial thromboplastin time at admission were determined to be risk factors of 28-day mortality, and all three, together with higher white blood cells were risk factors of 180-day mortality. Subsequent changes of six-point ordinal scale score, oxygenation index, and SOFA score in patients with thrombocytopenia showed marked worsening trends compared with patients without thrombocytopenia. Patients with thrombocytopenia had significantly higher mortality not only in 28 days, but also in 90 days and 180 days. The time-course curves in non-survival group showed a downtrend of platelet count and oxygenation index, while the curve of six-point ordinal scale kept an uptrend. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that patients with thrombocytopenia had much lower probability of survival (p<0.01). INTERPRETATION The thrombocytopenia was associated with the deterioration of respiratory function. Baseline platelet count was associated with subsequent and long-term mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
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- Yuan Zhu
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Clinical Research Center of Hubei Critical Care Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Clinical Research Center of Hubei Critical Care Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Clinical Research Center of Hubei Critical Care Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Clinical Research Center of Hubei Critical Care Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Clinical Research Center of Hubei Critical Care Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Moosavi M, Wooten M, Goodman A, Nahab FB, Duncan A, Maier C, Guarner J. Retrospective Analyses Associate Hemostasis Activation Biomarkers With Poor Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19. Am J Clin Pathol 2021; 155:498-505. [PMID: 33300981 PMCID: PMC7799272 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have thromboembolic complications. Assessment of coagulation and other markers could be useful to understand their coagulopathy. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of inflammatory and coagulation parameters, including prothrombin fragment 1.2 (PF1.2), thrombin-antithrombin complexes (TATs), fibrin monomers, and D-dimer, in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. We compared the markers in patients with thrombosis, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and poor outcome. RESULTS Of the 81 patients, 9 (11%) experienced an acute thrombotic event (4 with pulmonary embolism, 3 with venous thrombosis, and 2 with stroke). PF1.2 was elevated in 32 (39%) patients, TATs in 54 (67%), fibrin monomers in 49 (60%), and D-dimer in 76 (94%). Statistically significant elevation in PF1.2 and TATs was seen in patients admitted to the ICU, while D-dimer and fibrin monomers were significantly elevated in patients with poor outcomes. The presence of multiple abnormal coagulation parameters was associated with ICU admission. Other parameters with statistically significant results included abnormal WBC counts and elevated C-reactive protein, which were associated with ICU admission and poor outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that abnormalities of biomarkers of hemostasis activation and inflammatory markers are associated with poor outcomes in patients with COVID-19.
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- Mitchell Moosavi
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Rezaei-Tavirani M, Rostami Nejad M, Arjmand B, Rezaei Tavirani S, Razzaghi M, Mansouri V. Fibrinogen Dysregulation is a Prominent Process in Fatal Conditions of COVID-19 Infection; a Proteomic Analysis. ARCHIVES OF ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2021; 9:e26. [PMID: 34027421 PMCID: PMC8126351 DOI: 10.22037/aaem.v9i1.1128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Molecular pathophysiology of COVID-19 is not completely known. Expression changes in patients' plasma proteins have revealed new information about the disease. Introducing the key targeted plasma protein in fatal conditions of COVID-19 infection is the aim of this study. METHODS Significant differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in the plasma of cases with a fatal condition of COVID-19 were extracted from an original article. These proteins were included in a network via STRING database along with 100 first neighbor proteins to determine central nodes of the network for analyzing. RESULTS Queried and added proteins were included in a scale free network. Three hub nodes were identified as critical target proteins. The top queried hub proteins were chains of fibrinogen; Fibrinogen Alpha chain (FGA), Fibrinogen gamma chain (FGG), and Fibrinogen beta chain (FGB), which are related to the coagulation process. CONCLUSIONS It seems that fibrinogen dysregulation has a deep impact on the fatality of COVID-19 infection.
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- Mostafa Rezaei-Tavirani
- Proteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Proteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Laser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Proteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Fox SE, Heide RSV. COVID-19: The Heart of the Matter-Pathological Changes and a Proposed Mechanism. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2021; 26:217-224. [PMID: 33703938 DOI: 10.1177/1074248421995356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus has resulted in over 88 million cases worldwide of COVID-19 as of January 2021. The heart is one of the most commonly affected organs in COVID-19, but the nature and extent of the cardiac pathology has remained controversial. It has been shown that patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 can sustain type 1 myocardial infarction in the absence of significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. However, many patients present with small elevations of troponin enzymes of unclear etiology which correlate with overall COVID-19 disease outcome. Early autopsy reports indicated variable levels of typical lymphocytic myocarditis, while radiology reports have indicated that myocarditis can be a persistent problem after recovery from acute illness, raising concern about participation in college athletics. In this communication, we review the literature to date regarding the gross and microscopic findings of COVID-19 cardiac involvement, present the findings from over 40 cases from our academic medical center, and propose mechanisms by which patients develop small elevations in troponin. .
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- Sharon E Fox
- Department of Pathology, 12258LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Kumano O, Akatsuchi K, Amiral J. Updates on Anticoagulation and Laboratory Tools for Therapy Monitoring of Heparin, Vitamin K Antagonists and Direct Oral Anticoagulants. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9030264. [PMID: 33799956 PMCID: PMC7998518 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9030264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Anticoagulant drugs have been used to prevent and treat thrombosis. However, they are associated with risk of hemorrhage. Therefore, prior to their clinical use, it is important to assess the risk of bleeding and thrombosis. In case of older anticoagulant drugs like heparin and warfarin, dose adjustment is required owing to narrow therapeutic ranges. The established monitoring methods for heparin and warfarin are activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)/anti-Xa assay and prothrombin time – international normalized ratio (PT-INR), respectively. Since 2008, new generation anticoagulant drugs, called direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), have been widely prescribed to prevent and treat several thromboembolic diseases. Although the use of DOACs without routine monitoring and frequent dose adjustment has been shown to be safe and effective, there may be clinical circumstances in specific patients when measurement of the anticoagulant effects of DOACs is required. Recently, anticoagulation therapy has received attention when treating patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of anticoagulant drugs—heparin, warfarin, and DOACs and describe the methods used for the measurement of their effects. In addition, we discuss the latest findings on thrombosis mechanism in patients with COVID-19 with respect to biological chemistry.
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- Osamu Kumano
- Research Department, HYPHEN BioMed, 155 Rue d’Eragny, 95000 Neuville sur Oise, France;
- Protein Technology, Engineering 1, Sysmex Corporation, Kobe 651-2271, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-78-991-2203
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- R&D Division, Sysmex R&D Center Americas, Inc., Mundelein, IL 60060, USA;
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- Research Department, HYPHEN BioMed, 155 Rue d’Eragny, 95000 Neuville sur Oise, France;
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Chen B, Jiang C, Han B, Guan C, Fang G, Yan S, Wang K, Liu L, Conlon CP, Xie R, Song R. High prevalence of occult thrombosis in cases of mild/moderate COVID-19. Int J Infect Dis 2021; 104:77-82. [PMID: 33352324 PMCID: PMC7749732 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE An increasing number of reports have observed thrombosis in severe cases of COVID-19. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of thromboembolism in mild/moderate cases of COVID-19. All of the patients had normal coagulation tests and none had any overt thrombotic complications. Our findings indicate that it is important to screen the thrombotic status of cases with mild/moderate COVID-19. METHODS Between 11 June and 8 July 2020, 23 patients with mild/moderate COVID-19 pneumonia consented to having computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CPTA) and computed tomography venography (CTV) scans of the lungs and extremity veins. Doppler ultrasound (DUS) was also performed in all patients for screening. The incidence, clinical manifestations, laboratory examinations, imaging features, and prognosis, of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) were analyzed and compared with those of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia without VTE. RESULTS Nineteen patients (82.6%) had VTE, mainly distal limb thrombosis. Only one of the VTE patients was positive when screened by DUS; the other VTE patients were negative by DUS. All of the mild/moderate patients with VTE were screened by CTPA + CTV. Blood tests for inflammatory, coagulation, and biochemical, parameters were all within the normal range, except for WBC and LDH. CONCLUSIONS When using CTV screening for DVT, we found that the incidence of thrombosis in patients with mild/moderate COVID-19 markedly increased to 82.6% (19/23). Screening for thrombosis is therefore important in patients with COVID-19. CTV is more sensitive than DUS for the detection of thrombosis. More research is now needed to evaluate the significance of thrombosis in COVID-19 pneumonia.
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- Budong Chen
- The Radiology Department, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The Infectious Disease Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Research Centers, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The Radiology Department, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The Radiology Department, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- The Radiology Department, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center of Liver Disease, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Infectious Diseases, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- The Radiology Department, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- The Infectious Disease Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Research Centers, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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Jiménez D, García-Sanchez A, Rali P, Muriel A, Bikdeli B, Ruiz-Artacho P, Le Mao R, Rodríguez C, Hunt BJ, Monreal M. Incidence of VTE and Bleeding Among Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Chest 2021; 159:1182-1196. [PMID: 33217420 PMCID: PMC7670889 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 105.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Individual studies have reported widely variable rates for VTE and bleeding among hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). RESEARCH QUESTION What is the incidence of VTE and bleeding among hospitalized patients with COVID-19? METHODS In this systematic review and meta-analysis, 15 standard sources and COVID-19-specific sources were searched between January 1, 2020, and July 31, 2020, with no restriction according to language. Incidence estimates were pooled by using random effects meta-analyses. Heterogeneity was evaluated by using the I2 statistic, and publication bias was assessed by using the Begg and Egger tests. RESULTS The pooled incidence was 17.0% (95% CI, 13.4-20.9) for VTE, 12.1% (95% CI, 8.4-16.4) for DVT, 7.1% (95% CI, 5.3-9.1) for pulmonary embolism (PE), 7.8% (95% CI, 2.6-15.3) for bleeding, and 3.9% (95% CI, 1.2-7.9) for major bleeding. In subgroup meta-analyses, the incidence of VTE was higher when assessed according to screening (33.1% vs 9.8% by clinical diagnosis), among patients in the ICU (27.9% vs 7.1% in the ward), in prospective studies (25.5% vs 12.4% in retrospective studies), and with the inclusion of catheter-associated thrombosis/isolated distal DVTs and isolated subsegmental PEs. The highest pooled incidence estimate of bleeding was reported for patients receiving intermediate- or full-dose anticoagulation (21.4%) and the lowest in the only prospective study that assessed bleeding events (2.7%). INTERPRETATION Among hospitalized patients with COVID-19, the overall estimated pooled incidence of VTE was 17.0%, with higher rates with routine screening, inclusion of distal DVT, and subsegmental PE, in critically ill patients and in prospective studies. Bleeding events were observed in 7.8% of patients and were sensitive to use of escalated doses of anticoagulants and nature of data collection. Additional studies are required to ascertain the significance of various thrombotic events and to identify strategies to improve patient outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRY PROSPERO; No.: CRD42020198864; URL: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/.
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- David Jiménez
- Respiratory Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain,Medicine Department, Universidad de Alcalá (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain,CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain,CORRESPONDENCE TO: David Jiménez, MD, PhD
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- Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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- Biostatistics Clinic Unit, EA3878-Groupe d'Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale, Hospital Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), CIBERESP, Nursing Department Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain,Department of Internal Medicine, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain
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- EA3878-Groupe d'Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Brest, France
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- Respiratory Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Thrombosis & Haemophilia Centre, Guys & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain,Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Universidad Católica de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Kerbikov O, Orekhov P, Borskaya E, Nosenko N. High incidence of venous thrombosis in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19. Int J Hematol 2021; 113:344-347. [PMID: 33389655 PMCID: PMC7778684 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-020-03061-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Increasing evidence suggests that COVID-19 may be associated with venous thromboembolism, and much data exists regarding high incidence of venous thrombosis in critical COVID-19 patients. However, evidence on this complication in less severe patients is not widely available. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19, to assess the prevalence of DVT with duplex ultrasound, and to compare patients with DVT and those without it using lung computerized tomography (CT), clinical information and lab data. The subjects of this study were 75 consecutive patients (aged 27-92 y, median-63 y; 36 males and 39 females) with moderate-to-severe COVID-19. DVT was found in 15 patients (20%). The vast majority of those with DVT (13 patients, 86.7%) had thrombi in calf veins and 2 (13.3%) had ileofemoral thrombosis. High incidence of DVT (20%) is observed even in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19. These patients require early anticoagulation therapy as part of their treatment. Such therapy may be continued after hospital discharge and these patients may also require follow-up vein ultrasonography after recovery to rule out DVT.
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- Oleg Kerbikov
- Federal State Research Clinical Center, FMBA of Russia, Orekhovy bld 28, 115682, Moscow, Russia.
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- Federal State Research Clinical Center, FMBA of Russia, Orekhovy bld 28, 115682, Moscow, Russia
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- Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center FMBA of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal State Research Clinical Center, FMBA of Russia, Orekhovy bld 28, 115682, Moscow, Russia
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Progesterone in Addition to Standard of Care vs Standard of Care Alone in the Treatment of Men Hospitalized With Moderate to Severe COVID-19: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Trial. Chest 2021; 160:74-84. [PMID: 33621601 PMCID: PMC7896492 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Severity of illness in COVID-19 is consistently lower in women. A focus on sex as a biological factor may suggest a potential therapeutic intervention for this disease. We assessed whether adding progesterone to standard of care (SOC) would improve clinical outcomes of hospitalized men with moderate to severe COVID-19. RESEARCH QUESTION Does short-term subcutaneous administration of progesterone safely improve clinical outcome in hypoxemic men hospitalized with COVID-19? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a pilot, randomized, open-label, controlled trial of subcutaneous progesterone in men hospitalized with confirmed moderate to severe COVID-19. Patients were randomly assigned to receive SOC plus progesterone (100 mg subcutaneously twice daily for up to 5 days) or SOC alone. In addition to assessment of safety, the primary outcome was change in clinical status on day 7. Length of hospital stay and number of days on supplemental oxygen were key secondary outcomes. RESULTS Forty-two patients were enrolled from April 2020 to August 2020; 22 were randomized to the control group and 20 to the progesterone group. Two patients from the progesterone group withdrew from the study before receiving progesterone. There was a 1.5-point overall improvement in median clinical status score on a seven-point ordinal scale from baseline to day 7 in patients in the progesterone group as compared with control subjects (95% CI, 0.0-2.0; P = .024). There were no serious adverse events attributable to progesterone. Patients treated with progesterone required three fewer days of supplemental oxygen (median, 4.5 vs 7.5 days) and were hospitalized for 2.5 fewer days (median, 7.0 vs 9.5 days) as compared with control subjects. INTERPRETATION Progesterone at a dose of 100 mg, twice daily by subcutaneous injection in addition to SOC, may represent a safe and effective approach for treatment in hypoxemic men with moderate to severe COVID-19. TRIAL REGISTRY ClinicalTrials.gov; No.: NCT04365127; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov.
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Dissemination of extreme levels of extracellular vesicles: tissue factor activity in patients with severe COVID-19. Blood Adv 2021; 5:628-634. [PMID: 33560376 PMCID: PMC7846479 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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EV-TF activity is dramatically increased in patients with severe COVID-19 and is associated with an increased thrombotic risk. Compared with patients with septic shock, those with severe COVID-19 display a distinct EV profile with higher procoagulant activity.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become one of the biggest public health challenges of this century. Severe forms of the disease are associated with a thrombo-inflammatory state that can turn into thrombosis. Because tissue factor (TF) conveyed by extracellular vesicles (EVs) has been implicated in thrombosis, we quantified the EV-TF activity in a cohort of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (n = 111) and evaluated its link with inflammation, disease severity, and thrombotic events. Patients with severe disease were compared with those who had moderate disease and with patients who had septic shock not related to COVID-19 (n = 218). The EV-TF activity was notably increased in patients with severe COVID-19 compared with that observed in patients with moderate COVID-19 (median, 231 [25th to 75th percentile, 39-761] vs median, 25 [25th to 75th percentile, 12-59] fM; P < .0001); EV-TF was correlated with leukocytes, D-dimer, and inflammation parameters. High EV-TF values were associated with an increased thrombotic risk in multivariable models. Compared with patients who had septic shock, those with COVID-19 were characterized by a distinct coagulopathy profile with significantly higher EV-TF and EV-fibrinolytic activities that were not counterbalanced by an increase in plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). Thus, this article is the first to describe the dissemination of extreme levels of EV-TF in patients with severe COVID-19, which supports the international recommendations of systematic preventive anticoagulation in hospitalized patients and potential intensification of anticoagulation in patients with severe disease.
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Sustained prothrombotic changes in COVID-19 patients 4 months after hospital discharge. Blood Adv 2021; 5:756-759. [PMID: 33560386 PMCID: PMC7857699 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Dziedzic A, Saluk-Bijak J, Miller E, Niemcewicz M, Bijak M. The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on the Development of Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:1804. [PMID: 33670394 PMCID: PMC7918534 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), remains a global challenge. Currently, there is some information on the consequences of COVID-19 infection in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, as it is a newly discovered coronavirus, but its far-reaching effects on participation in neurodegenerative diseases seem to be significant. Recent cases reports showed that SARS-CoV-2 may be responsible for initiating the demyelination process in people who previously had no symptoms associated with any nervous system disorders. It is presently known that infection of SARS-CoV-2 evokes cytokine storm syndrome, which may be one of the factors leading to the acute cerebrovascular disease. One of the substantial problems is the coexistence of cerebrovascular disease and MS in an individual's life span. Epidemiological studies showed an enhanced risk of death rate from vascular disabilities in MS patients of approximately 30%. It has been demonstrated that patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection usually show increased levels of D-dimer, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein (CRP), and overactivation of blood platelets, which are essential elements of prothrombotic events. In this review, the latest knowledge gathered during an ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the neurodegeneration processes in MS is discussed.
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- Angela Dziedzic
- Department of General Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland;
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- Department of General Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland;
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- Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Medical University of Lodz, Milionowa 14, 93-113 Lodz, Poland;
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- Biohazard Prevention Centre, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland; (M.N.); (M.B.)
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- Biohazard Prevention Centre, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland; (M.N.); (M.B.)
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Mone P, Gambardella J, Wang X, Jankauskas SS, Matarese A, Santulli G. miR-24 targets SARS-CoV-2 co-factor Neuropilin-1 in human brain microvascular endothelial cells: Insights for COVID-19 neurological manifestations. RESEARCH SQUARE 2021:rs.3.rs-192099. [PMID: 33564755 PMCID: PMC7872362 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-192099/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Neuropilin-1 is a transmembrane glycoprotein that has been implicated in several processes including angiogenesis and immunity. Recent evidence has also shown that it is implied in the cellular internalization of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We hypothesized that specific microRNAs can target Neuropilin-1. By combining bioinformatic and functional approaches, we identified miR-24 as a regulator of Neuropilin-1 transcription. Since Neuropilin-1 has been shown to play a key role in the endothelium-mediated regulation of the blood-brain barrier, we validated miR-24 as a functional modulator of Neuropilin-1 in human brain microvascular endothelial cells (hBMECs), which are the most suitable cell line for an in vitro bloodâ€"brain barrier model.
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Mone P, Gambardella J, Wang X, Jankauskas SS, Matarese A, Santulli G. miR-24 Targets the Transmembrane Glycoprotein Neuropilin-1 in Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells. Noncoding RNA 2021; 7:9. [PMID: 33540664 PMCID: PMC7931075 DOI: 10.3390/ncrna7010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Neuropilin-1 is a transmembrane glycoprotein that has been implicated in several processes including angiogenesis and immunity. Recent evidence has also shown that it is implied in the cellular internalization of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We hypothesized that specific microRNAs can target Neuropilin-1. By combining bioinformatic and functional approaches, we identified miR-24 as a regulator of Neuropilin-1 transcription. Since Neuropilin-1 has been shown to play a key role in the endothelium-mediated regulation of the blood-brain barrier, we validated miR-24 as a functional modulator of Neuropilin-1 in human brain microvascular endothelial cells (hBMECs), which are the most suitable cell line for an in vitro blood-brain barrier model.
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- Pasquale Mone
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA; (P.M.); (J.G.); (X.W.); (S.S.J.)
- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80100 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA; (P.M.); (J.G.); (X.W.); (S.S.J.)
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center (ES-DRC), Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism (FIDAM), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Science, “Federico II” University, and International Translational Research and Medical Education (ITME), 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA; (P.M.); (J.G.); (X.W.); (S.S.J.)
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center (ES-DRC), Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism (FIDAM), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA; (P.M.); (J.G.); (X.W.); (S.S.J.)
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center (ES-DRC), Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism (FIDAM), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA; (P.M.); (J.G.); (X.W.); (S.S.J.)
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center (ES-DRC), Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism (FIDAM), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Advanced Biomedical Science, “Federico II” University, and International Translational Research and Medical Education (ITME), 80131 Naples, Italy
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Del Borrello G, Giraudo I, Bondone C, Denina M, Garazzino S, Linari C, Mignone F, Pruccoli G, Scolfaro C, Spadea M, Pollio B, Saracco P. SARS-COV-2-associated coagulopathy and thromboembolism prophylaxis in children: A single-center observational study. J Thromb Haemost 2021; 19:522-530. [PMID: 33305475 PMCID: PMC9906296 DOI: 10.1111/jth.15216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multiple investigators have described an increased incidence of thromboembolic events in SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals. Data concerning hemostatic complications in children hospitalized for COVID-19/multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) are scant. OBJECTIVES To share our experience in managing SARS-CoV-2-associated pro-coagulant state in hospitalized children. METHODS D-dimer values were recorded at diagnosis in children hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2-related manifestations. In moderately to critically ill patients and MIS-C cases, coagulation and inflammatory markers were checked at multiple time points and median results were compared. Pro-thrombotic risk factors were appraised for each child and thromboprophylaxis was started in selected cases. RESULTS Thirty-five patients were prospectively enrolled. D-dimer values did not discriminate COVID-19 of differing severity, whereas were markedly different between the COVID-19 and the MIS-C cohorts. In both cohorts, D-dimer and C-reactive protein levels increased upon clinical worsening but were not accompanied by decreased fibrinogen or platelet values, with all parameters returning to normal upon disease resolution. Six patients had multiple thrombotic risk factors and were started on pharmacological thromboprophylaxis. No deaths or thrombotic or bleeding complications occurred. CONCLUSIONS COVID-19 pediatric patients show mildly altered coagulation and inflammatory parameters; on the other hand, MIS-C cases showed laboratory signs of an inflammatory driven pro-coagulant status. Universal anticoagulant prophylaxis in hospitalized children with SARS-CoV-2-related manifestations is not warranted, but may be offered to patients with other pro-thrombotic risk factors in the context of a multi-modal therapeutic approach.
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- Sciences of Public Health and Paediatrics, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Paediatric Emergency Department, University Hospital "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino", Torino, Italy
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- Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino", Torino, Italy
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- Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino", Torino, Italy
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- Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino", Torino, Italy
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- Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino", Torino, Italy
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- Sciences of Public Health and Paediatrics, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Paediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino", Torino, Italy
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- Sciences of Public Health and Paediatrics, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
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- Immune-Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino", Torino, Italy
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- Paediatric Haematology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital "Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino", Torino, Italy
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George PE, Stokes CL, Bassit LC, Chahroudi A, Figueroa J, Griffiths MA, Heilman S, Ku DN, Nehl EJ, Leong T, Levy JM, Kempker RR, Mannino RG, Mavigner M, Park SI, Rao A, Rebolledo PA, Roback JD, Rogers BB, Schinazi RF, Suessmith AB, Sullivan J, Tyburski EA, Vos MB, Waggoner JJ, Wang YF(W, Madsen J, Wechsler DS, Joiner CH, Martin GS, Lam WA. Covid-19 will not "magically disappear": Why access to widespread testing is paramount. Am J Hematol 2021; 96:174-178. [PMID: 33576528 PMCID: PMC7753266 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Paul E. George
- Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- GWW School of Mechanical Engineering The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies Emory University School of Medicine, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Emory University Laney Graduate School, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Emory University Laney Graduate School, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Atlanta Georgia
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The MITRE Corporation McLean Virginia USA
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- Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Atlanta Georgia USA
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- The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
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- Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Atlanta Center for Microsystems‐Engineered Point‐of‐Care Technologies Atlanta Georgia USA
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Suh YJ, Hong H, Ohana M, Bompard F, Revel MP, Valle C, Gervaise A, Poissy J, Susen S, Hékimian G, Artifoni M, Periard D, Contou D, Delaloye J, Sanchez B, Fang C, Garzillo G, Robbie H, Yoon SH. Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Radiology 2021; 298:E70-E80. [PMID: 33320063 PMCID: PMC7745997 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020203557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 96.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Background The association of pulmonary embolism (PE) with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear, and the diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer tests for PE is unknown. Purpose To conduct meta-analysis of the study-level incidence of PE and DVT and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer tests for PE from multicenter individual patient data. Materials and Methods A systematic literature search identified studies evaluating the incidence of PE or DVT in patients with COVID-19 from January 1, 2020, to June 15, 2020. These outcomes were pooled using a random-effects model and were further evaluated using metaregression analysis. The diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer tests for PE was estimated on the basis of individual patient data using the summary receiver operating characteristic curve. Results Twenty-seven studies with 3342 patients with COVID-19 were included in the analysis. The pooled incidence rates of PE and DVT were 16.5% (95% CI: 11.6, 22.9; I2 = 0.93) and 14.8% (95% CI: 8.5, 24.5; I2 = 0.94), respectively. PE was more frequently found in patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) (24.7% [95% CI: 18.6, 32.1] vs 10.5% [95% CI: 5.1, 20.2] in those not admitted to the ICU) and in studies with universal screening using CT pulmonary angiography. DVT was present in 42.4% of patients with PE. D-dimer tests had an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.737 for PE, and D-dimer levels of 500 and 1000 μg/L showed high sensitivity (96% and 91%, respectively) but low specificity (10% and 24%, respectively). Conclusion Pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurred in 16.5% and 14.8% of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), respectively, and more than half of patients with PE lacked DVT. The cutoffs of D-dimer levels used to exclude PE in preexisting guidelines seem applicable to patients with COVID-19. © RSNA, 2020 Supplemental material is available for this article. See also the editorial by Woodard in this issue.
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- Young Joo Suh
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Hyunsook Hong
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Mickaël Ohana
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Florian Bompard
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Marie-Pierre Revel
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Clarissa Valle
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Alban Gervaise
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Julien Poissy
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Sophie Susen
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Guillaume Hékimian
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Mathieu Artifoni
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Daniel Periard
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
| | - Damien Contou
- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Y.J.S.); Medical Research Collaborating Center (H.H.) and Department of Radiology (S.H.Y.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea; Department of Radiology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (M.O.); Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Centre, Paris, France (F.B., M.P.R.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (C.V.); Department of Radiology, Military Hospital Begin, Saint Mande, France (A.G.); Resuscitation Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1285, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8576–Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France (J.P.); Department of Hematology and Transfusion, Pôle de Biologie Pathologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Université de Lille, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche 1011–European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille, France (S.S.); Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires, le Métabolisme et la Nutrition 1166, Paris, France; Intensive Medicine–Resuscitation Department, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (G.H.); Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France (M.A.); Angiology Unit, Hôpital Fribourgeois–Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland (D.P.); Multipurpose Resuscitation Service, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France (D.C.); Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand de l’Hôpital du Valais (site de Sion), Sion, Switzerland (J.D., B.S.); and Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, England (C.F., G.G., H.R.)
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Risk Management and Treatment of Coagulation Disorders Related to COVID-19 Infection. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18031268. [PMID: 33572570 PMCID: PMC7908596 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease. Bilateral pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and coagulation activation are key features of severe COVID-19. Fibrinogen and D-dimer levels are typically increased. The risk for venous thromboembolism is markedly increased, especially in patients in the intensive care unit despite prophylactic dose anticoagulation. Pulmonary microvascular thrombosis has also been described and the risk for arterial thrombotic diseases also appears to be increased while bleeding is less common than thrombosis, but it can occur. Evaluation for venous thromboembolism may be challenging because symptoms of pulmonary embolism overlap with COVID-19, and imaging studies may not be feasible in all cases. The threshold for evaluation or diagnosis of thromboembolism should be low given the high frequency of these events. Management and treatment are new challenges due to the paucity of high-quality evidence regarding efficacy and safety of different approaches to prevent or treat thromboembolic complications of the disease. All inpatients should receive thromboprophylaxis unless contraindicated. Some institutional protocols provide more aggressive anticoagulation with intermediate or even therapeutic dose anticoagulation for COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU. Therapeutic dose anticoagulation is always appropriate to treat deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, unless contraindicated. This article reviews evaluation and management of coagulation abnormalities in individuals with COVID-19.
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- Robin Cherian
- Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
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Humayun L, Smith C, Li W, Zhang YS, Park C, Feng W, Yao J. SARS-CoV-2-related vascular injury: mechanisms, imaging and models. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 5. [PMID: 33981988 PMCID: PMC8112618 DOI: 10.21037/mps-20-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Lucas Humayun
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Calabrese C, Annunziata A, Coppola A, Pafundi PC, Guarino S, Di Spirito V, Maddaloni V, Pepe N, Fiorentino G. ACE Gene I/D Polymorphism and Acute Pulmonary Embolism in COVID19 Pneumonia: A Potential Predisposing Role. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 7:631148. [PMID: 33585520 PMCID: PMC7874110 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.631148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Most recent studies have stressed a high risk of thromboembolism in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, particularly in those with severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Counterbalance between angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) and ACE2 activities in COVID-19 disease may be crucially involved in the thrombo-inflammatory process. Currently, no study has investigated ACE I/D polymorphism involvement in COVID-19 disease complicated by pulmonary embolism, hence the aim of the present pilot study. This is a retrospective, single-center observational case-control study, conducted at the Sub-Intensive Care Unit of A.O.R.N. Ospedali dei Colli, Cotugno Hospital, Naples (Italy). We included 68 subjects with severe/critical COVID-19 pneumonia. COVID-19 patients were divided according to occurrence of PE (PE+, n = 25) or absence of thromboembolic complications (PE−, n = 43). Assessment of ACE I/D polymorphisms showed a statistically significant difference between PE+ and PE− patients (p = 0.029). Particularly, prevalence of D/D homozygous polymorphism was significantly higher in PE+ COVID-19 patients than in PE− (72 vs. 46.5%; p = 0.048), while heterozygote I/D polymorphism was significantly lower expressed in PE+ patients than in PE− (16 vs. 48.8%; p = 0.009). Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography showed predominantly mono/bilateral sub-segmental embolisms. In conclusion, our findings let us hypothesize a genetic susceptibility to thromboembolism in COVID-19 disease. ACE D/D polymorphism might represent a genetic risk factor, although studies on larger populations are needed.
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- Cecilia Calabrese
- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Intensive Care, A.O.R.N. Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Intensive Care, A.O.R.N. Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Radiodiagnostic, A.O.R.N. Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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- Molecular Genomics Lab, Chemical Biochemistry Unit, A.O.R.N. Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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- Molecular Genomics Lab, Chemical Biochemistry Unit, A.O.R.N. Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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Hülsmann S, Khabbazzadeh S, Meissner K, Quintel M. A Potential Role of the Renin-Angiotensin-System for Disturbances of Respiratory Chemosensitivity in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Front Physiol 2021; 11:588248. [PMID: 33551831 PMCID: PMC7857271 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.588248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represents an acute diffuse inflammation of the lungs triggered by different causes, uniformly leading to a noncardiogenic pulmonary edema with inhomogeneous densities in lung X-ray and lung CT scan and acute hypoxemia. Edema formation results in "heavy" lungs, inducing loss of compliance and the need to spend more energy to "move" the lungs. Consequently, an ARDS patient, as long as the patient is breathing spontaneously, has an increased respiratory drive to ensure adequate oxygenation and CO2 removal. One would expect that, once the blood gases get back to "physiological" values, the respiratory drive would normalize and the breathing effort return to its initial status. However, in many ARDS patients, this is not the case; their respiratory drive appears to be upregulated and fully or at least partially detached from the blood gas status. Strikingly, similar alteration of the respiratory drive can be seen in patients suffering from SARS, especially SARS-Covid-19. We hypothesize that alterations of the renin-angiotensin-system (RAS) related to the pathophysiology of ARDS and SARS are involved in this dysregulation of chemosensitive control of breathing.
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- Swen Hülsmann
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
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- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
- DONAUISAR Klinikum Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Germany
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Chen W, Pan JY. Anatomical and Pathological Observation and Analysis of SARS and COVID-19: Microthrombosis Is the Main Cause of Death. Biol Proced Online 2021; 23:4. [PMID: 33472576 PMCID: PMC7816139 DOI: 10.1186/s12575-021-00142-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 for short) has caused a large number of deaths around the world. We summarized the data reported in the past few months and emphasized that the main causes of death of COVID-19 patients are DAD (Diffuse Alveolar Damage) and DIC (Disseminated intravascular coagulation). Microthrombosis is a prominent clinical feature of COVID-19, and 91.3% of dead patients had microthrombosis.Endothelial damage caused by SARS-CoV-2 cell invasion and subsequent host response disorders involving inflammation and coagulation pathways play a key role in the progression of severe COVID-19. Microvascular thrombosis may lead to microcirculation disorders and multiple organ failure lead to death.The characteristic pathological changes of DAD include alveolar epithelial and vascular endothelial injury, increased alveolar membrane permeability, large numbers of neutrophil infiltration, alveolar hyaline membrane formation, and hypoxemia and respiratory distress as the main clinical manifestations. DAD leads to ARDS in COVID-19 patients. DIC is a syndrome characterized by the activation of systemic intravascular coagulation, which leads to extensive fibrin deposition in the blood. Its occurrence and development begin with the expression of tissue factor and interact with physiological anticoagulation pathways. The down-regulation of fibrin and the impaired fibrinolysis together lead to extensive fibrin deposition.DIC is described as a decrease in the number of platelets and an increase in fibrin degradation products, such as D-dimer and low fibrinogen. The formation of microthrombus leads to the disturbance of microcirculation, which in turn leads to the death of the patient. However, the best prevention and treatment of COVID-19 microthrombosis is still uncertain.This review discusses the latest findings of basic and clinical research on COVID-19-related microthrombosis, and then we proposed the theory of microcirculation perfusion bundle therapy to explore effective methods for preventing and treating COVID-19-related microthrombosis. Further research is urgently needed to clarify how SARS-CoV-2 infection causes thrombotic complications, and how it affects the course and severity of the disease. To cultivate a more comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanism of this disease. Raise awareness of the importance of preventing and treating microthrombosis in patients with COVID-19.
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- Wenjing Chen
- School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Critical Care and Artificial Intelligence, Wenzhou, China
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Iqbal P, Laswi B, Jamshaid MB, Shahzad A, Chaudhry HS, Khan D, Qamar MS, Yousaf Z. The Role of Anticoagulation in Post-COVID-19 Concomitant Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, and Left Ventricular Thrombus: A Case Report. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS 2021; 22:e928852. [PMID: 33446625 PMCID: PMC7816663 DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.928852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Patient: Male, 65-year-old Final Diagnosis: Heart failure • myocardial infarction • stroke Symptoms: Right sided weakness Medication:— Clinical Procedure: CT scan • echocardiography Specialty: Cardiology • Infectious Diseases • Medicine, General and Internal • Neurology
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- Phool Iqbal
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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Utilization of Thromboelastogram and Inflammatory Markers in the Management of Hypercoagulable State in Patients with COVID-19 Requiring ECMO Support. Case Rep Crit Care 2021; 2021:8824531. [PMID: 33505731 PMCID: PMC7814409 DOI: 10.1155/2021/8824531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the management of critically ill patients with COVID-19 is evolving. Extracorporeal support independently confers an increased predilection for thrombosis, which can be exacerbated by COVID-19-associated coagulopathy. We present the successful management of a hypercoagulable state in two patients who required venovenous ECMO for the treatment of COVID-19. This included monitoring inflammatory markers (D-dimer and fibrinogen), performing a series of therapeutic plasma exchange procedures, and administering high-intensity anticoagulation therapy and thromboelastography- (TEG-) guided antiplatelet therapy. TPE was performed to achieve goal D-dimer less than 3000 ng/mL D-dimer units (N ≤ 232 ng/mL D-dimer units) and goal fibrinogen less than 600 mg/dL (N = 200-400 mg/dL). These therapies resulted in improved TEG parameters and normalized inflammatory markers. Patients were decannulated after 37 days and 21 days, respectively. Post-ECMO duplex ultrasound of the upper and lower extremities and cannulation sites revealed a nonsignificant deep venous thrombosis at the site of femoral cannulation in patient 2 and no deep venous thrombosis in patient 1. The results of this case report show successful management of a hypercoagulable state among COVID-19 patients requiring ECMO support by utilization of inflammatory markers and TEG.
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