What Is Known About COVID-19 and Abnormal Blood Clotting

Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, a professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at ³ûÖ­ÊÓƵ and a hematology and oncology specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian/³ûÖ­ÊÓƵ Medical Center, and his colleagues authored a paper in Translational Research in early April that sounded the alarm about abnormal blood clotting—which prevents blood flow—in severe COVID-19 cases. He answered questions about the phenomenon and how he and his ³ûÖ­ÊÓƵ colleagues are continuing to study treatments for blood clotting in these cases.

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