Autopsies Show COVID-19 Causes Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis, Damages Other Organs As Well As Lungs

COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, not only may lead to severe pneumonia but also to thrombosis in the lungs and, subsequently, to multi organ failure involving kidneys, liver and pancreas.

These are the findings of a first major series of autopsies in Austria, conducted as part of a study at the Department of...