Vascular Pathophysiological Changes in Patients with COVID-19: A Review Article

Mohammad Hassani; Peyman Bakhshaei Shahrbabaki; Seyed Bashir Mirtajani; Mohammadreza Moshari; Pouya Tayebi

doi:10.18502/aacc.v8i2.9156

Mohammad Hassani Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Aiatolla Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Peyman Bakhshaei Shahrbabaki Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Aiatolla Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Bashir Mirtajani Lung transplant Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammadreza Moshari Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Pouya Tayebi Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v8i2.9156

Keywords: COVID-19; Vascular injury; Pathophysiological changes

Abstract

In the last days of 2019, a novel strain of coronaviruses reported in Wuhan and spread rapidly all over the world which called 2019 novel coronavirus (2019- nCoV). Almost a few months later in the early 2020 (January 2020), the WHO declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency which Compared with the other SARS- CoV, has a stronger transmission capacity.

Although respiratory problems are the main clinical symptoms of COVID-19, some patients also experience other conditions and injuries, such as severe vascular damage. Therefore, it can be said that understanding the damage caused by this infection to the vascular system and its underlying mechanisms is of great importance.