Severe Acute Proximal Pulmonary Embolism and COVID-19: A Word of Caution

Acute pulmonary embolism is an uncharacteristic presentation in patients with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Here we describe the case of a young woman presenting with severe pulmonary embolism, without any associated symptoms of infections. A clot in a patent foramen ovale was noted. Despite emergenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Fabre, Olivier, Rebet, Olivier, Carjaliu, Ionut, Radutoiu, Mihai, Gautier, Laurence, Hysi, Ilir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Published by Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7162739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32305287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.005
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Sumario:Acute pulmonary embolism is an uncharacteristic presentation in patients with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Here we describe the case of a young woman presenting with severe pulmonary embolism, without any associated symptoms of infections. A clot in a patent foramen ovale was noted. Despite emergency surgical embolectomy, her clinical conditions continued to deteriorate. She was put on extracorporeal life support and tested positive for COVID-19. She died of multiorgan failure on day 10. COVID-19 may have a thrombogenic effect, and it may need to be considered in cases of pulmonary embolism and in the absence of any obvious risk factor.

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