The intersection of obesity and (long) covid-19: hypoxia, thrombotic inflammation, and vascular endothelial injury

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Mengqi Xiang from the University of Padua, Italy have published the article: The intersection of obesity and (long) COVID-19: Hypoxia, thrombotic inflammation, and vascular endothelial injury, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)

SUMMARY

BMI. Thromboembolic events accelerate the progression to severe disease in COVID-19, and even in recovering patients, microthrombi and pulmonary blood flow restriction have been reported. This review focuses on the relationship between hypoxemia, vascular endothelial injury, and thrombotic inflammation, the synergistic effect of obesity and acute COVID-19, the influence of obesity on long COVID, and suggestions for treatment . . .

 



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