Right Ventricular Clot in Transit in COVID-19: Implications for the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is associated with a prothrombotic state in infected patients. After presenting a case of right ventricular thrombus in a patient with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), we discuss the unique challenges in the evaluation and treatment of COVID-19 pat...

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Autores principales: Sethi, Sanjum S., Zilinyi, Robert, Green, Philip, Eisenberger, Andrew, Brodie, Daniel, Agerstrand, Cara, Takeda, Koji, Kirtane, Ajay J., Parikh, Sahil A., Rosenzweig, Erika B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Thromboembolic Events
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7259913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32835284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.034
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Sumario:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is associated with a prothrombotic state in infected patients. After presenting a case of right ventricular thrombus in a patient with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), we discuss the unique challenges in the evaluation and treatment of COVID-19 patients, highlighting our COVID-19–modified pulmonary embolism response team algorithm. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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