Study Links Coronavirus to Life-Threatening Blood Clots Found in Lower Limbs
According to study results reported in “Radiology", researchers have discovered that the coronavirus is linked to fatal blood clots in leg arteries. The researchers stated that coronavirus patients who were in short supply of blood to their lower limbs tended to have bigger clots, and remarkably higher amputation rates and death, especially in comparison with COVID-negative individuals who had identical conditions. When the pandemic was at its peak in New York, radiologists from a medical center in the Bronx noted a rise in the number of patients who tested positive for lower extremity arterial thrombosis on CT angiography exams. The…
