On the other hand, Dr Amrish Kumar, consultant, cardio-thoracic vascular department, Aakash Healthcare in southwest Delhi's Dwarka, said that the prevalence of blood clot formation in
COVID-19 is high in patients who have conditions such as type-2 Diabetes Mellitus, although the exact incidence remains unknown.
While DVT is a serious condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein located deep inside the body, arterial thrombosis is a clot that develops in an artery. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart to the body, while veins carry blood low in oxygen from the body back to the heart.
When COVID first hit China and the global west, it was thought that it was typical viral pneumonia. Severe cases of acute COVID-19 were being labelled as similar to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which leads to respiratory failure.