Covid-19 as a Cause of Pneumonia and Diffuse Peripheral Pulmonary Embolism. Early Anticoagulant Treatment to Prevent Thrombi Formation

Abstract

This hypothesis could explain both the radiological pictures, commonly found in intensive care and the sudden death. Recent autopsy studies performed on 50 patients, who died for covid19, at the Brescia Hospital (Italy), have detected remarkable distension (up to 20 times) of the pulmonary vessels and the presence of thrombi inside them. Vascular dilatation and thrombi could be an expression of severe obstruction of the downstream pulmonary circulation. ISSN: 2634 6796