High rates of pulmonary artery occlusions in COVID-19. A meta-analysis.

Simone BirocchiMarco ManzoniGian Marco PoddaGiovanni CasazzaMarco Cattaneo

Published in: European journal of clinical investigation (2020)

The results of our meta-analysis highlight a disproportion in the prevalence of PE among all VTE events in COVID 19 patients, likely reflecting PAO by pulmonary thrombi, rather than emboli from peripheral vein thrombi.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
sars cov
systematic review
coronary artery
pulmonary arterial hypertension
coronavirus disease
venous thromboembolism
meta analyses
risk factors
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
chemotherapy induced
case control
randomized controlled trial