Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis
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J. Thromb. Thrombolysis · Jul 2020
Case ReportsSudden death due to acute pulmonary embolism in a young woman with COVID-19.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that primarily affects the respiratory system, but it may cause cardiovascular complications such as thromboembolism. Rarely, pulmonary embolism may be encountered in patients with severe COVID-19 infection, especially in intensive care units. An asymptomatic young case of COVID-19 presenting with sudden death due to acute massive pulmonary embolism has not been previously described. ⋯ Interestingly, the patient had no symptoms or signs of infection and also had no risk factors for thromboembolism. COVID-19 infection appears to induce venous thromboembolism, especially pulmonary embolism. The case is remarkable in terms of showing how insidious and life-threatening COVID-19 infection can be.
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J. Thromb. Thrombolysis · Apr 2020
Randomized Controlled TrialThe impact of incidental pulmonary cement embolism on mortality risk.
The prognosis of pulmonary cement embolism found incidentally on chest radiography after vertebroplasty has been rarely investigated. This study was performed to elucidate the impact of incidentally found pulmonary cement embolism on all-cause mortality. Patients with pulmonary cement embolism diagnosed using chest radiography between 2008 and 2014 at one tertiary referral hospital were included. ⋯ Although the patients with pulmonary cement embolism were not treated, they did not show a higher mortality risk than did those without pulmonary cement embolism (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.10; 95% confidence interval, 0.43-2.85). Subgroup analyses showed similar results. Incidentally found pulmonary cement embolism had no significant impact on all-cause mortality.