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Editor, Senior Moderator
Nephron
. 2020 Jun 11;1-3.
doi: 10.1159/000508638. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 Experience in Hemodialysis Patients: A Cue for Therapeutic Heparin-Based Strategies?
Antonio Pisani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Manuela Rizzo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Valentina Angelucci[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Eleonora Riccio[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
In our opinion, the use of heparin could play a crucial role in these patients. In fact, recent studies have shown that heparin, the most commonly used anticoagulant during HD procedures, had anti-inflammatory properties and a direct antiviral action, due to its ability to prevent SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus entry into host cells. These activities, together with its anticoagulant action, could explain the ability of heparin to ameliorate COVID-19 clinical course.
Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; Hemodialysis; Heparin.
. 2020 Jun 11;1-3.
doi: 10.1159/000508638. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 Experience in Hemodialysis Patients: A Cue for Therapeutic Heparin-Based Strategies?
Antonio Pisani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Manuela Rizzo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Valentina Angelucci[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Eleonora Riccio[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32526763
- DOI: 10.1159/000508638
Abstract
In our opinion, the use of heparin could play a crucial role in these patients. In fact, recent studies have shown that heparin, the most commonly used anticoagulant during HD procedures, had anti-inflammatory properties and a direct antiviral action, due to its ability to prevent SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus entry into host cells. These activities, together with its anticoagulant action, could explain the ability of heparin to ameliorate COVID-19 clinical course.
Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; Hemodialysis; Heparin.