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. 2020 Jan 8;42(1):1–8. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000664

TABLE 2.

Comparison of Peer-Reviewed Published US Findings in Autopsies of Fatal COVID-19 Cases

Publication Date Authors City State Setting n Mean Age, y Organs Studied and/or Reported Major Histologic Findings
1 04/10/2020 Barton et al17 Oklahoma City OK Community 2 59.5 Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, brain DAD in only the COVID death
2 04/15/2020 Yan et al18 San Antonio TX Hospital 1 44 Lungs, heart, kidney (by biopsy) DAD, pulmonary infarct
3 04/21/2020 Paniz-Mondolfi et al19 New York NY Hospital 1 74 Brain Viral particles in endothelial cells
4 04/28/2020 Konopka et al20 Ann Arbor MI Hospital 1 37 Lungs DAD and mucus plugs
5 05/07/2020 Buja et al21 Houston TX Mixed 3 48 Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen DAD, microthrombi common but not universal, PEs common
6 05/21/2020 Ackermann et al22 Boston MA Hospital 7 78.4 Lungs Vascular thrombosis with microangiopathy, angiogenesis, endothelialitis
7 05/24/2020 Reichard et al23 Rochester NY Hospital 1 71 Brain Lack of typical features of viral and postviral encephalitides
8 05/27/2020 Fox et al24 New Orleans LA Hospital 10 63 Lungs and heart Thrombotic microangiopathy limited to the lungs, lack of secondary lung infection
9 05/2020 Martines et al25 — WA Hospital 8 73.5 Lungs Varying DAD with no correlation with symptom duration
10 06/15/2020 Konopka et al26 Ann Arbor MI Community 4 53 Lungs DAD
11 06/19/2020 Schaefer et al27 Boston MA Hospital 7 66 Lungs DAD with pneumocyte hyperplasia
12 06/25/2020 Rapkiewicz et al28 New York NY Hospital 7 57.4 Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, bone Megakaryocytes in the vascular beds of lungs and heart, 2 cases of myocardial venous thrombosis
13 07/02/2020 Sauter et al29 New York NY Hospital 8 57.5 Lungs Thrombi, microthrombi
14 07/16/2020 Bradley et al30 Seattle, Everett WA Hospital 14 73.5 Lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, brain One case of lymphocytic myocarditis
15 09/02/2020 De Michele et al31 New York NY Hospital 40 71.5 Lungs Acute lung injury and nonacute lung injury patterns found
Mean 7.6 61.8

n, sample size; PE, pulmonary emboli.