Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) can lead to severe pneumonia, but also thrombotic complications and non‐pulmonary organ failure. Recent studies suggest intravascular neutrophil activation and subsequent… Click to show full abstract
Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) can lead to severe pneumonia, but also thrombotic complications and non‐pulmonary organ failure. Recent studies suggest intravascular neutrophil activation and subsequent immune cell–triggered immunothrombosis as a central pathomechanism linking the heterogenous clinical picture of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). We sought to study whether immunothrombosis is a pathognomonic factor in COVID‐19 or a general feature of (viral) pneumonia, as well as to better understand its upstream regulation.
               
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