Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report

We are reporting a 45-year-old woman with COVID-19 who presented to the Emergency Department with a transient loss of consciousness and was found to have a massive pulmonary embolism and an acute stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case that calls for attention to the importance of...

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Autores principales: AlSheef, Mohammed, Zaidi, Abdul Rehman Z., Abonab, Majid, Obaid, Mona, Bawazir, Khalid, Zaidi, Syed Ziauddin A., Kullab, Ghaydaa J., Alawfi, Sultan, Enani, Mushira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7847184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33857723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2021.01.009
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Sumario:We are reporting a 45-year-old woman with COVID-19 who presented to the Emergency Department with a transient loss of consciousness and was found to have a massive pulmonary embolism and an acute stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case that calls for attention to the importance of vigilance for such a catastrophic presentation of COVID-19.

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