The liver is a secondary and often collateral target of COVID-19 disease but can lead to important consequences. COVID-19 might directly cause a high number of complications in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease, increasing their risk of hepatic decompensation. Moreover, it also determines indirect consequences in the management of patients with liver disease, especially in those suffering from decompensated cirrhosis and HCC, as well as in the execution of their follow-up and the availability of all therapeutic possibilities. Liver imaging in COVID-19 patients proved to be highly nonspecific, but it can still be useful for identifying the complications that derive from the infection. Moreover, the recent implementation of telemedicine constitutes a possible solution to both the physical distancing and the re-organizational difficulties arising from the pandemic. The present review aims to encompass the currently hypothesized pathophysiological mechanisms of liver injury in patients with COVID-19 mediated by both the direct invasion of the virus and its indirect effects and analyze the consequence of the pandemic in patients with chronic liver disease and liver tumors, with particular regard to the management strategies that have been implemented to face this worldwide emergency and that can be further improved.

Brandi N., Spinelli D., Granito A., Tovoli F., Piscaglia F., Golfieri R., et al. (2023). COVID-19: Has the Liver Been Spared?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 24(2), 1-25 [10.3390/ijms24021091].

COVID-19: Has the Liver Been Spared?

Brandi N.
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Spinelli D.;Granito A.;Tovoli F.;Piscaglia F.;Golfieri R.;Renzulli M.
2023

Abstract

The liver is a secondary and often collateral target of COVID-19 disease but can lead to important consequences. COVID-19 might directly cause a high number of complications in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease, increasing their risk of hepatic decompensation. Moreover, it also determines indirect consequences in the management of patients with liver disease, especially in those suffering from decompensated cirrhosis and HCC, as well as in the execution of their follow-up and the availability of all therapeutic possibilities. Liver imaging in COVID-19 patients proved to be highly nonspecific, but it can still be useful for identifying the complications that derive from the infection. Moreover, the recent implementation of telemedicine constitutes a possible solution to both the physical distancing and the re-organizational difficulties arising from the pandemic. The present review aims to encompass the currently hypothesized pathophysiological mechanisms of liver injury in patients with COVID-19 mediated by both the direct invasion of the virus and its indirect effects and analyze the consequence of the pandemic in patients with chronic liver disease and liver tumors, with particular regard to the management strategies that have been implemented to face this worldwide emergency and that can be further improved.
2023
Brandi N., Spinelli D., Granito A., Tovoli F., Piscaglia F., Golfieri R., et al. (2023). COVID-19: Has the Liver Been Spared?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 24(2), 1-25 [10.3390/ijms24021091].
Brandi N.; Spinelli D.; Granito A.; Tovoli F.; Piscaglia F.; Golfieri R.; Renzulli M.
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