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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech
. 2020 Oct 19.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.09.011. Online ahead of print.
Acute Aortoiliac and Infrainguinal Arterial Thrombotic Events in Four Patients Diagnosed with the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
Sean P Wengerter[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Kurt R Wengerter[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hassan Masoudpoor[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], Adam Sagarwala[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Omar Karim[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Nakul Rao[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jenna Gillen[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], Hung Michael Choi[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Thomas Bernik[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Michael L Schwartz[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is seriously challenging the healthcare system globally. Endothelial damage and increased coagulation activity have been reported in some patients with COVID-19 resulting in a variety of thrombotic events. We report on four patients with various severities of COVID-19 presenting with acute arterial thrombosis. While these are rare events, they carry high morbidity and mortality and require prompt diagnosis and treatment. These cases highlight major life and limb threatening clinical sequalae of COVID-19 that frontline medical providers must be aware occur even in the absence of prior cardiovascular disease.
Keywords: Acute arterial thrombosis; Acute limb ischemia; Aortic occlusion and hypercoagulability; COVID-19.
. 2020 Oct 19.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.09.011. Online ahead of print.
Acute Aortoiliac and Infrainguinal Arterial Thrombotic Events in Four Patients Diagnosed with the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
Sean P Wengerter[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Kurt R Wengerter[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hassan Masoudpoor[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], Adam Sagarwala[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Omar Karim[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Nakul Rao[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jenna Gillen[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], Hung Michael Choi[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Thomas Bernik[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Michael L Schwartz[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33102991
- PMCID: PMC7571440
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.09.011
Abstract
The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is seriously challenging the healthcare system globally. Endothelial damage and increased coagulation activity have been reported in some patients with COVID-19 resulting in a variety of thrombotic events. We report on four patients with various severities of COVID-19 presenting with acute arterial thrombosis. While these are rare events, they carry high morbidity and mortality and require prompt diagnosis and treatment. These cases highlight major life and limb threatening clinical sequalae of COVID-19 that frontline medical providers must be aware occur even in the absence of prior cardiovascular disease.
Keywords: Acute arterial thrombosis; Acute limb ischemia; Aortic occlusion and hypercoagulability; COVID-19.