Image-proven thromboembolism in patients with severe COVID-19 in a tertiary critical care unit in the United Kingdom.
Desborough MJR., Doyle AJ., Griffiths A., Retter A., Breen KA., Hunt BJ.
• Venous thrombosis is common in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia. • Many of these thromboses may be immunothromboses due to local inflammation, rather than thromboembolic disease. • Anticoagulated patients with COVID-19 pneumonia have a risk of major bleeding.