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Editor, Senior Moderator
SN Compr Clin Med
. 2021 Jan 7;1-6.
doi: 10.1007/s42399-020-00694-2. Online ahead of print.
Upper Extremity Arterial Thromboembolism in a Coronavirus Patient. A Case Report
Beverley-Ann Scott[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Karan Garg[SUP] 2 [/SUP], William Johnson[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mohammad Al-Ajam[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Peter Patalano[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Vittorio Rotella[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jodi-Ann Edwards[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haytham Aboushi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Paul Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Melissa Daniel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Schneider Rancy[SUP] 1 [/SUP], David Heimann[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has impacted millions of people worldwide. This novel virus has a variety of presentations and complications. Notably, patients with this infection have an associated coagulopathy, presenting with symptoms such as gastrointestinal bleeds, deep vein thrombosis, ischemic cerebrovascular events, and pulmonary embolism. Although there are documented cases of venous thromboembolism in patients with coronavirus disease 2019, the authors present an interesting case of upper extremity arterial thromboembolism in a 75-year-old patient surgically treated for arterial thrombus removal. We also discuss diagnosis, medical management, and surgical approach to an upper extremity arterial thromboembolism in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019, to highlight the challenges of hypercoagulability in such patients.
Keywords: Anticoagulation; Arterial; COVID-19 coronavirus; Coagulopathy; Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; Hypercoagulability; Pulmonary embolism; Revascularization; Thromboembolism.
. 2021 Jan 7;1-6.
doi: 10.1007/s42399-020-00694-2. Online ahead of print.
Upper Extremity Arterial Thromboembolism in a Coronavirus Patient. A Case Report
Beverley-Ann Scott[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Karan Garg[SUP] 2 [/SUP], William Johnson[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mohammad Al-Ajam[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Peter Patalano[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Vittorio Rotella[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Jodi-Ann Edwards[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haytham Aboushi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Paul Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Melissa Daniel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Schneider Rancy[SUP] 1 [/SUP], David Heimann[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33432306
- PMCID: PMC7788384
- DOI: 10.1007/s42399-020-00694-2
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has impacted millions of people worldwide. This novel virus has a variety of presentations and complications. Notably, patients with this infection have an associated coagulopathy, presenting with symptoms such as gastrointestinal bleeds, deep vein thrombosis, ischemic cerebrovascular events, and pulmonary embolism. Although there are documented cases of venous thromboembolism in patients with coronavirus disease 2019, the authors present an interesting case of upper extremity arterial thromboembolism in a 75-year-old patient surgically treated for arterial thrombus removal. We also discuss diagnosis, medical management, and surgical approach to an upper extremity arterial thromboembolism in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019, to highlight the challenges of hypercoagulability in such patients.
Keywords: Anticoagulation; Arterial; COVID-19 coronavirus; Coagulopathy; Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; Hypercoagulability; Pulmonary embolism; Revascularization; Thromboembolism.