Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and high D-dimer values: A prospective study.

Prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and high D-dimer values: A prospective study.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is associated to systemic hyper-inflammation and abnormal coagulation profile. D-dimer elevation is particularly frequent, and values higher than 1μg/mL have been associated with disease severity and in-hospital mortality...

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Main Authors: Alberto Alonso-Fernández, Nuria Toledo-Pons, Borja G Cosío, Aina Millán, Néstor Calvo, Luisa Ramón, Sara Hermoso de Mendoza, Daniel Morell-García, Josep Miquel Bauça-Rossello, Belén Núñez, Jaume Pons, Juan A Palmer, Luisa Martín, María Peñaranda, Joan A Pou, Jaume Sauleda, Ernest Sala-Llinas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238216

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238216

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