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J. Thromb. Thrombolysis · Jul 2020
Case ReportsAcute pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 related hypercoagulability.
- Cerruti Lorenzo, Boscaro Francesca, Poletto Francesco, Campello Elena, Spiezia Luca, and Simioni Paolo.
- General Internal Medicine and Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy.
- J. Thromb. Thrombolysis. 2020 Jul 1; 50 (1): 223-226.
AbstractSince 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.
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