Ricerc@Sapienza

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) needing mechanical ventilation and intensive care
unit (ICU) treatment. In addition to lung disease, clinical
features of SARS-CoV-2 include myocardial damage and
ischemia-related vascular disease, which are associated
with a hypercoagulable state (e.g., high D-dimer levels)

In 1997 D?Andrea et al. described a new nosological entity the characteristics of which consisted of lengthening, dilation and tortuosity of blood vessels, arteries or veins, less prominent, but also less circumscribed than an aneurysm. This condition does not necessarily imply specific aneurysm formation although aneurysms at multiple sites are a frequent observation. The term used by authors for angiomegaly of the venous system was venomegaly and the analogous condition of the arterial system was termed arteriomegaly.