Obesity and COVID-19: A Virchow's Triad for the 21st Century

Carl J. Vaughan; Heather Cronin; Paul MacDaragh Ryan; Noel M. Caplice

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1714216

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2020; 120(11): 1590-1593
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714216

Letter to the Editor

Obesity and COVID-19: A Virchow's Triad for the 21st Century

Carl J. Vaughan

¹Department of Cardiology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

,

Heather Cronin

¹Department of Cardiology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

,

Paul MacDaragh Ryan

²Centre for Research in Vascular Biology, APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

³Department of Cardiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

,

Noel M. Caplice

²Centre for Research in Vascular Biology, APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

³Department of Cardiology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

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