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Editor, Senior Moderator
Platelets
. 2021 Jun 7;1-9.
doi: 10.1080/09537104.2021.1936478. Online ahead of print.
Thrombosis in Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 pneumonia: role of platelets
Francesco Violi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Vittoria Cammisotto[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Pasquale Pignatelli[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Platelets may be a target of bacteria and viruses, which can directly or indirectly activate them so promoting thrombosis. In accordance with this, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is complicated by ischemia-related vascular disease (myocardial infarction and stroke) in roughly 10% of patients while the incidence of venous thrombosis is uncertain. In CAP platelet biosynthesis of TxA2 is augmented and associated with myocardial infarction; however, a cause-effect relationship is still unclear as unclear is if platelet activation promotes thrombosis or functional changes of coronary tree such vasospasm. Retrospective studies suggested a potential role of aspirin in reducing mortality but the impact on vascular disease is still unknown. Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is complicated by thrombosis in roughly 20% of patients with an almost equivalent localization in arterial and venous circulation. Platelet activation seems to have a pivot role in the thrombotic process in Covid-19 as consistently evidenced by its involvement in promoting Tissue Factor up-regulation via leucocyte interaction. Until now, antiplatelet treatment has been scarcely considered for the treatment of Covid-19; interventional trials, however, are in progress to explore this issue. The aim of this review is 1) to compare the type of vascular diseases complicating CAP and Covid-19 2) to assess the different role of platelets in both diseases and 3) to discuss if antiplatelet treatment is potentially useful to improve clinical outcomes.
Keywords: Antiplatelet treatment; Covid-19; community-acquired pneumonia; platelets; thrombosis.
. 2021 Jun 7;1-9.
doi: 10.1080/09537104.2021.1936478. Online ahead of print.
Thrombosis in Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 pneumonia: role of platelets
Francesco Violi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Vittoria Cammisotto[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Pasquale Pignatelli[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34097572
- DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2021.1936478
Abstract
Platelets may be a target of bacteria and viruses, which can directly or indirectly activate them so promoting thrombosis. In accordance with this, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is complicated by ischemia-related vascular disease (myocardial infarction and stroke) in roughly 10% of patients while the incidence of venous thrombosis is uncertain. In CAP platelet biosynthesis of TxA2 is augmented and associated with myocardial infarction; however, a cause-effect relationship is still unclear as unclear is if platelet activation promotes thrombosis or functional changes of coronary tree such vasospasm. Retrospective studies suggested a potential role of aspirin in reducing mortality but the impact on vascular disease is still unknown. Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is complicated by thrombosis in roughly 20% of patients with an almost equivalent localization in arterial and venous circulation. Platelet activation seems to have a pivot role in the thrombotic process in Covid-19 as consistently evidenced by its involvement in promoting Tissue Factor up-regulation via leucocyte interaction. Until now, antiplatelet treatment has been scarcely considered for the treatment of Covid-19; interventional trials, however, are in progress to explore this issue. The aim of this review is 1) to compare the type of vascular diseases complicating CAP and Covid-19 2) to assess the different role of platelets in both diseases and 3) to discuss if antiplatelet treatment is potentially useful to improve clinical outcomes.
Keywords: Antiplatelet treatment; Covid-19; community-acquired pneumonia; platelets; thrombosis.