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30.05.2020 | COVID-19
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Acute pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 related hypercoagulability
verfasst von:
Cerruti Lorenzo, Boscaro Francesca, Poletto Francesco, Campello Elena, Spiezia Luca, Simioni Paolo
Erschienen in:
Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis
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Ausgabe 1/2020
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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.