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Editor, Senior Moderator
Thromb Haemost
. 2023 May 12.
doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768969. Online ahead of print. Pathophysiological Aspects of COVID-19-Associated Vasculopathic Diseases
Thiemo Greistorfer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Philipp Jud[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Since the beginning of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, numerous data reported potential effects on the cardiovascular system due to infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which may lead to COVID-19-associated vasculopathies during the acute phase and measurable vascular changes in the convalescent phase. Infection by SARS-CoV-2 seems to have specific direct and indirect effects on the endothelium, immune and coagulation systems thus promoting endothelial dysfunction, immunothrombosis, and formation of neutrophil extracellular traps although the exact mechanisms still need to be elucidated. This review represents a recent update of pathophysiological pathways of the respective three major mechanisms contributing to COVID-19 vasculopathies and vascular changes and includes clinical implications and significance of outcome data.
. 2023 May 12.
doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768969. Online ahead of print. Pathophysiological Aspects of COVID-19-Associated Vasculopathic Diseases
Thiemo Greistorfer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Philipp Jud[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37172941
- DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1768969
Since the beginning of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, numerous data reported potential effects on the cardiovascular system due to infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which may lead to COVID-19-associated vasculopathies during the acute phase and measurable vascular changes in the convalescent phase. Infection by SARS-CoV-2 seems to have specific direct and indirect effects on the endothelium, immune and coagulation systems thus promoting endothelial dysfunction, immunothrombosis, and formation of neutrophil extracellular traps although the exact mechanisms still need to be elucidated. This review represents a recent update of pathophysiological pathways of the respective three major mechanisms contributing to COVID-19 vasculopathies and vascular changes and includes clinical implications and significance of outcome data.