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- Olivier Fabre, Olivier Rebet, Ionut Carjaliu, Mihai Radutoiu, Laurence Gautier, and Ilir Hysi.
- Department of Cardiac Surgery of Artois, Hospital Center of Lens, Lens, France; Private Hospital of Bois-Bernard, Ramsay Santé, France.
- Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2020 Nov 1; 110 (5): e409-e411.
AbstractAcute pulmonary embolism is an uncharacteristic presentation in patients with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Here we describe the case of a young woman presenting with severe pulmonary embolism, without any associated symptoms of infections. A clot in a patent foramen ovale was noted. Despite emergency surgical embolectomy, her clinical conditions continued to deteriorate. She was put on extracorporeal life support and tested positive for COVID-19. She died of multiorgan failure on day 10. COVID-19 may have a thrombogenic effect, and it may need to be considered in cases of pulmonary embolism and in the absence of any obvious risk factor.© 2020 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Published by Elsevier.
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