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Lipoprotein(a) and Its Potential Association with Thrombosis and Inflammation in COVID-19: a Testable Hypothesis.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 25 Jul 2020
Moriarty Patrick M, Gorby Lauryn K, Stroes Erik S, Kastelein John P, Davidson Michael, Tsimikas Sotirios
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The COVID-19 pandemic has infected over > 11 million as of today people worldwide and is associated with significant cardiovascular manifestations, particularly in subjects with preexisting comorbidities and cardiovascular risk factors. Recently, a predisposition for arterial and venous thromboses has been reported in COVID-19 infection. We hypothesize that besides conventional risk factors,...
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