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J Thromb Thrombolysis
. 2020 May 30;1-4.
doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02160-1. Online ahead of print.
Acute Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Related Hypercoagulability
Cerruti Lorenzo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Boscaro Francesca[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Poletto Francesco[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Campello Elena[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Spiezia Luca[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Simioni Paolo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Case report; Coagulation; Interstitial pneumonia; Pulmonary embolism; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2020 May 30;1-4.
doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02160-1. Online ahead of print.
Acute Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Related Hypercoagulability
Cerruti Lorenzo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Boscaro Francesca[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Poletto Francesco[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Campello Elena[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Spiezia Luca[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Simioni Paolo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 32474757
- PMCID: PMC7260472
- DOI: 10.1007/s11239-020-02160-1
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; Case report; Coagulation; Interstitial pneumonia; Pulmonary embolism; SARS-CoV-2.