Acute pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 related hypercoagulability

Since December 2019, a novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed as the etiologic agent of a worldwide outbreak of a pneumonia that can result in severe respiratory failure. This clinical entity seems to be associated with a marked hypercoagulable state that causes both arterial and venous thromb...

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Autores principales: Lorenzo, Cerruti, Francesca, Boscaro, Francesco, Poletto, Elena, Campello, Luca, Spiezia, Paolo, Simioni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32474757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11239-020-02160-1
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Sumario:Since December 2019, a novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed as the etiologic agent of a worldwide outbreak of a pneumonia that can result in severe respiratory failure. This clinical entity seems to be associated with a marked hypercoagulable state that causes both arterial and venous thromboembolic complications. Therefore, an adequate anti-thrombotic prophylaxis is recommended in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Although rapidly worsening respiratory symptoms in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infection may correlate with worsening pneumonia itself, it may also mask a pulmonary embolism. We report the case of a 50-year-old man affected by SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, who developed acute pulmonary embolism. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s11239-020-02160-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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