Analysis of cardiopulmonary findings in COVID-19 fatalities: high incidence of pulmonary artery thrombi and acute suppurative bronchopneumonia

C Grosse, A Grosse, HJF Salzer, MW Dünser… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since its recognition in December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by
SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread globally causing a pandemic that represents the greatest
medical challenge in decades. The aim of the study was to evaluate the spectrum of
cardiopulmonary pathology of COVID-19 based on (non-minimal invasive) autopsies
performed on 14 COVID-19 decedents. Bilateral diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) was found
in all patients. Superimposed acute bronchopneumonia was present in 11 of 14 (78.6%) …