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BMJ Case Rep ; 13(8)2020 Aug 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-693991

ABSTRACT

We describe a patient with COVID-19 who developed simultaneous pulmonary, intracardiac and peripheral arterial thrombosis. A 58-year-old man, without major comorbidity, was admitted with a 14-day history of breathlessness. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was confirmed by laboratory testing. Initial imaging revealed COVID-19 pneumonia but no pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) on CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA). The patient subsequently developed respiratory failure and left foot ischaemia associated with a rising D-dimer. Repeat CTPA and lower limb CT angiography revealed simultaneous bilateral PTE, biventricular cardiac thrombi and bilateral lower limb arterial occlusions. This case highlights a broad range of vascular sequalae associated with COVID-19 and the fact that these can occur despite a combination of prophylactic and treatment dose anticoagulation.


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Coronavirus Infections , Enoxaparin/administration & dosage , Heart Diseases , Pandemics , Peripheral Arterial Disease , Pneumonia, Viral , Pulmonary Embolism , Thrombosis , Warfarin/administration & dosage , Anticoagulants/administration & dosage , Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification , Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity , COVID-19 , Clinical Deterioration , Computed Tomography Angiography/methods , Coronavirus Infections/complications , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/physiopathology , Coronavirus Infections/therapy , Heart Diseases/diagnosis , Heart Diseases/etiology , Heart Diseases/therapy , Heart Ventricles/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Peripheral Arterial Disease/diagnosis , Peripheral Arterial Disease/etiology , Peripheral Arterial Disease/therapy , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnostic imaging , Pneumonia, Viral/etiology , Pneumonia, Viral/physiopathology , Pneumonia, Viral/therapy , Pulmonary Embolism/diagnosis , Pulmonary Embolism/etiology , Pulmonary Embolism/therapy , SARS-CoV-2 , Thrombosis/diagnosis , Thrombosis/etiology , Thrombosis/therapy , Treatment Outcome
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