Vascular Pathophysiological Changes in Patients with COVID-19: A Review Article

Abstract

In the last days of 2019, a novel strain of coronaviruses reported in Wuhan and spread rapidly all over the world which called 2019 novel coronavirus (2019- nCoV). Almost a few months later in the early 2020 (January 2020), the WHO declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency which Compared with the other SARS- CoV, has a stronger transmission capacity. Although respiratory problems are the main clinical symptoms of COVID-19, some patients also experience other conditions and injuries, such as severe vascular damage. Therefore, it can be said that understanding the damage caused by this infection to the vascular system and its underlying mechanisms is of great importance.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• vascular injury
• pathophysiological changes