COVID-19 Infection and Arterial Thrombosis: Report of Three Cases

Thrombotic complications associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been described; these have mainly included venous thromboembolic events. Limited literature is available regarding arterial thrombosis. Acute limb ischemia is associated with severe complications that can result in sig...

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Autores principales: Singh, Balraj, Aly, Ragia, Kaur, Parminder, Gupta, Sachin, Vasudev, Rahul, Virk, Hartaj Singh, Shamoon, Fayez, Bikkina, Mahesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7462876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32889160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2020.08.115
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Sumario:Thrombotic complications associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been described; these have mainly included venous thromboembolic events. Limited literature is available regarding arterial thrombosis. Acute limb ischemia is associated with severe complications that can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Herein, we report 3 cases of COVID-19 infection complicated by arterial thrombosis in the form of acute limb ischemia. Our case series adds to the limited literature regarding arterial thrombosis.

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