Table 1. Postmortem Findings in Patients with COVID19.
Lungs/Pulmonary vascular | Cardiovascular |
Macroscopic findings: Widespread thrombosis in small and medium pulmonary arteries | Macroscopic findings: Cardiomyopathy |
Evidence of Bronchopneumonia | Myocarditis |
Pulmonary embolism | Pericardial effusion |
Microscopic findings: Diffuse alveolar damage with prominent hyaline membrane and inflammatory cells with prominent hyaline membrane and inflammatory cells with prominent plasma cells in alveolar septa | Microscopic findings: Lymphocytic eosinophilic or giant cell/granulomatosis. Myocardial inflammation which results in dilated cardiomyopathy |
Hyperplasia of Type 2 pneumocyte cells |