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Histopathology and ultrastructural findings of fatal COVID-19 infections in Washington State: a case series

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In this paper, the authors provide a clinicopathological report of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases by documenting histopathological changes and evidence of SARS CoV2 tissue tropism.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2020-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 587 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diffuse alveolar damage & Kidney disease.

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COVID-19 and Heart Failure: From Epidemiology During the Pandemic to Myocardial Injury, Myocarditis, and Heart Failure Sequelae.

TL;DR: A close and intriguing relationship has been suggested between heart failure (HF) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as mentioned in this paper, leading to a subsequent increase in heart failure mortality.
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Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the first trimester placenta leading to transplacental transmission and fetal demise from an asymptomatic mother.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported a case of a pregnant woman in the first trimester who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at 8 weeks of gestation although her clinical course was asymptomatic.
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COVID-19 and the Heart: A Systematic Review of Cardiac Autopsies

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the cardiac tissue autopsy findings in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) decedents, and they also looked at the reported cause of death (PROSPERO registration CRD42020190898).
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COVID-19 in immunocompromised populations: implications for prognosis and repurposing of immunotherapies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on mortality in four populations with distinct forms of immunocompromise: (1) persons with hematological malignancies (HM) and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients; (2) solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs); (3) persons suffering from rheumatological diseases; and (4) persons living with HIV (PLWH).
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A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019.

TL;DR: Human airway epithelial cells were used to isolate a novel coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, which formed a clade within the subgenus sarbecovirus, Orthocoronavirinae subfamily, which is the seventh member of the family of coronaviruses that infect humans.
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Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases From the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

TL;DR: Hospitalised COVID-19 patients are frequently elderly subjects with co-morbidities receiving polypharmacy, all of which are known risk factors for d
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