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Lecture 15: COVID Coagulopathy
Etheresia Pretorius PhD
Presentation Date:
January 16, 2025
Etheresia Pretorius PhD
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
resiap@sun.ac.za
> Three years ago, in early 2020, we all became aware of a new pandemic, COVID-19.
> It quickly became apparent that in some patients the virus was associated with a severe coagulopathy, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality.
> Emerging evidence has indicated that coagulation changes play a major role in the pathophysiology of COVID, particularly Long-COVID, the persistent symptoms following infection.
Left: a standard rendering of the COVID-19 virus
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