4 but in severe illness, usually dyspnoea is the most common symptom often accompanied by hypoxemia.
4 Mortality rates depend on patients who have severe respiratory failure related to interstitial pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome,
5 but higher mortality is found in association with older age, male sex, pre-existing cardiovascular diseases, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, asthma, chronic lung disease, and d-dimer greater than 1 μg/mL at admission.
6 Length of hospital stay due to the COVID-19 depends on patients’ clinical situation, however, it also depends on local guidelines in the institution or local health authority and the capacity of hospitals.
COVID-19 pandemic is a major strain on health and economic systems, and the demand for inpatients’ facilities is increasing with the increase in the number of infected cases.
This Viewpoint summarizes the pathophysiology and clinical features of atherosclerotic plaque erosion as an underlying mechanism of acute coronary syndromes (AC