Therapist Andrei Zvonkov said that the main cause of death in patients with COVID-19 is vascular and respiratory failure. As expert Ura explained. ru, the main mechanism in this viral disease is the mechanism of vascular damage, mainly the vessels of the lungs.

This is due to a violation of the gas exchange function of the lung, which comes from its vascular bed, the physician explained. Air inlet and outlet is unaffected, but this condition leads to severe hypoxia followed by death of the patient.

At the same time, diabetes mellitus, coronary organ diseases, and atherosclerotic diseases aggravate the course of the coronavirus, Zvonkov added.

Earlier, an immunologist, candidate of medical sciences Nikolai Kryuchkov said that after a coronavirus, even a person who did not have heart problems, the risk of death due to a heart attack or stroke increases.

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