SARS-Cov-2 Infection and Pulmonary Thromboembolism – The Prothrombotic State in COVID-19
Introduction
The COVID-19 caused by new coronavirus, named by the World Health Organization as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread all over the world with astonishing speed. In Brazil, the spread risk (R0) of COVID-19 has been 3.0, which explains its rapid dissemination all over the states.
Individuals with cardiovascular diseases, systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and immunosuppressed patients are at higher risk for adverse outcomes.
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