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Editor, Senior Moderator
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
. 2020;53:e20200267.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0267-2020. Epub 2020 Jun 1.
COVID-19 and Acute Pulmonary Embolism: What Should Be Considered to Indicate a Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography Scan?
Bruno Lima Moreira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Pablo Rydz Pinheiro Santana[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gl?ucia Zanetti[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Edson Marchiori[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The full spectrum of COVID-19 is still emerging, although several studies have highlighted that patients infected with the novel coronavirus can potentially develop a hypercoagulable state. However, several aspects related to the incidence and pathophysiology of the association between COVID-19 and pulmonary embolism are not well established. Here, we present a case of a patient with COVID-19 who developed acute pulmonary embolism. Clinical and laboratory data and findings of non-enhanced CT indicate possibility of acute pulmonary embolism, and support the decision to proceed with computed tomography pulmonary angiography that can objectively identify filling defects in pulmonary arterial branches.
. 2020;53:e20200267.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0267-2020. Epub 2020 Jun 1.
COVID-19 and Acute Pulmonary Embolism: What Should Be Considered to Indicate a Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography Scan?
Bruno Lima Moreira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Pablo Rydz Pinheiro Santana[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gl?ucia Zanetti[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Edson Marchiori[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32491103
- DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0267-2020
Abstract
The full spectrum of COVID-19 is still emerging, although several studies have highlighted that patients infected with the novel coronavirus can potentially develop a hypercoagulable state. However, several aspects related to the incidence and pathophysiology of the association between COVID-19 and pulmonary embolism are not well established. Here, we present a case of a patient with COVID-19 who developed acute pulmonary embolism. Clinical and laboratory data and findings of non-enhanced CT indicate possibility of acute pulmonary embolism, and support the decision to proceed with computed tomography pulmonary angiography that can objectively identify filling defects in pulmonary arterial branches.