Pulmonary Circulation (Jan 2021)

Patterns of thromboembolic pulmonary vascular disease in COVID-19

  • Yousef Shahin,
  • Smitha Rajaram,
  • Vivak Parkash,
  • James M Wild,
  • David G Kiely,
  • Andrew J Swift

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894020979198
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is associated with increased thrombosis. Here, we demonstrate patterns of pulmonary vascular disease in COVID-19 including classical acute pulmonary embolism and subsegmental perfusion defects in the absence of acute pulmonary embolism suggestive of microvascular thrombosis.