COVID-19 and Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Series and Brief Review

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, or COVID-19, is responsible for the current global pandemic and has resulted in the death of over 400,000 in the United States. Rates of venous thromboembolism have been noted to be much higher in those infected with COVID-19. Here we report a case-series of COVID-19 patients w...

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Autores principales: Hughes, Kelly, Hussaini, Zeba, Shah, Mahek K, Hilton, Robert, Oxman, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7874943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33773760
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjms.2020.12.005
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Sumario:The SARS-CoV-2 virus, or COVID-19, is responsible for the current global pandemic and has resulted in the death of over 400,000 in the United States. Rates of venous thromboembolism have been noted to be much higher in those infected with COVID-19. Here we report a case-series of COVID-19 patients with diverse presentations of pulmonary embolism (PE). We also briefly describe the pathophysiology and mechanisms for pulmonary embolism in COVID-19. These cases indicate a need to maintain a high index of suspicion for PE in patients with COVID-19, as well as the need to consider occult COVID-19 infection in patients with PE in the right clinical circumstance.

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