C-reactive protein, immunothrombosis and venous thromboembolism

C Dix, J Zeller, H Stevens, SU Eisenhardt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a member of the highly conserved pentraxin superfamily of
proteins and is often used in clinical practice as a marker of infection and inflammation …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha‐2‐macroglobulin in hemostasis and thrombosis: An underestimated old double‐edged sword

J Lagrange, T Lecompte, T Knopp, P Lacolley… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antiproteinases such as alpha‐2‐macroglobulin (A2M) play a role in hemostasis. A2M is
highly conserved throughout evolution and is a high molecular weight homo‐tetrameric …

Thromboembolic prevention and anticoagulant therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: updated clinical guidance from the anticoagulation forum

GD Barnes, A Burnett, A Allen, J Ansell… - Journal of thrombosis …, 2022 - Springer
Thromboembolism is a common and deadly consequence of COVID-19 infection for
hospitalized patients. Based on clinical evidence pre-dating the COVID-19 pandemic and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of antiplatelet therapy on survival and organ support–free days in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a randomized clinical trial

CA Bradbury, PR Lawler, SJ Stanworth, BJ McVerry… - Jama, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Interventions Patients were randomized to receive either open-label aspirin (n= 565), a
P2Y12 inhibitor (n= 455), or no antiplatelet therapy (control; n= 529). Interventions were …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 immunobiology: lessons learned, new questions arise

A Kaklamanos, K Belogiannis, P Skendros… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is strong evidence that COVID-19 pathophysiology is mainly driven by a
spatiotemporal immune deregulation. Both its phenotypic heterogeneity, spanning from …

COVID-19 and antiphospholipid antibodies

A Butt, D Erkan, AI Lee - Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology, 2022 - Elsevier
Antiphospholipid syndrome and the coagulopathy of COVID-19 share many
pathophysiologic features, including endotheliopathy, hypercoagulability, and activation of …

[HTML][HTML] Arterial and venous thrombosis complicated in COVID-19: a retrospective single center analysis in Japan

S Oba, T Hosoya, M Amamiya, T Mitsumura… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
[Background] Thrombosis is a characteristic complication in Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). Since coagulopathy has been observed over the entire clinical course …

Anticoagulation in COVID-19

CA Bradbury, Z McQuilten - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
vaccine effectiveness in terms of protection against actual infection; instead, effectiveness
was inferred from immunogenicity. Cellular immunity was only studied in 60% of the …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic utility of procalcitonin, presepsin, and the VACO index for predicting 30-day mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

M Park, M Hur, H Kim, CH Lee, JH Lee… - Annals of Laboratory …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Biomarkers and clinical indices have been investigated for predicting mortality
in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We explored the prognostic utility of …

Prevention and management of thrombosis in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 pneumonia

JL Vincent, M Levi, BJ Hunt - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
A proportion of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop moderate or severe COVID-19,
with an increased risk of thromboembolic complications. The inflammatory response to …