Fibrinolysis shut down in COVID-19 patients: Report on two severe cases with potential diagnostic and clinical relevance

dc.creatorBakchoul, Tamam
dc.creatorHammer, Stefanie
dc.creatorLang, Peter
dc.creatorRosenberger, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T14:18:46Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T14:18:46Z
dc.date.created2020-06-23
dc.description.abstractenglishDear Sirs Accumulating evidence indicates an association between 2019-nCoV pneumonia and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) [1,2]. Although some controversy exists about the extent of DIC in COVID-19 [3], DIC was indicated to be a strong predictor of mortality in patients developing pneumonia with this virus [1,2,4]. The pathophysiology of infection associated-DIC is complex and multifactorial, involving interplay between cellular and plasmatic elements of the hemostatic system and components of the innate immune response to the infecting pathogen [4,5]. In this letter, we report on the viscoelastic properties of clots formed by COVID-19 patients. Using a novel method to assess clot formation a fibrinolysis shut down was observed. This finding has not been reported yet in COVID-19 infection and suggests that fibrinolysis system significantly contributes to the procoagulatory status in COVID-19 patients and might represent a therapeutic target.spa
dc.format.extentThrombosis Updatespa
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tru.2020.100008spa
dc.identifier.otherhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666572720300080?via%3Dihubspa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/13494
dc.language.isospaspa
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessspa
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dc.sourcereponame:Expeditio Repositorio Institucional UJTLspa
dc.sourceinstname:Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozanospa
dc.subjectFibrinolysisspa
dc.subjectCoagulationspa
dc.subject.lembSíndrome respiratorio agudo gravespa
dc.subject.lembCOVID-19spa
dc.subject.lembSARS-CoV-2spa
dc.subject.lembCoronavirusspa
dc.titleFibrinolysis shut down in COVID-19 patients: Report on two severe cases with potential diagnostic and clinical relevancespa
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501spa
dc.type.hasversioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionspa
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