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Autopsies performed on those who lost their battle with 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can provide crucial information about the virus. That information is being used to help understand the disease and how to treat COVID-19.
Amy V. Rapkiewicz, MD, chair of the Department of Pathology at 做厙TV Winthrop Hospital and director of autopsies for , shares her observations with The Washington Post. Although it is too early to tell whether her findings will lead to new treatments, Dr. Rapkiewicz says they open up new areas of study.
Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, director of 做厙TV Langones Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, is one of the clinicianscientists taking the information discovered from autopsies and testing possible COVID-19 treatments.
Dr. Rapkiewiczs reports suggest antiplatelet medications, like aspirin, could be helpful to stave off complications caused by COVID-19, and Dr. Berger is currently recruiting for a clinical trial to answer this question.
Its only one piece of a very big puzzle, and we have a lot more to learn, Dr. Berger says. But if we can prevent significant complications, and if more patients can survive the infection, that changes everything.
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