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Abdominal Visceral Infarction in 3 Patients with COVID-19.

Besutti, Giulia; Bonacini, Riccardo; Iotti, Valentina; Marini, Giulia; Riva, Nicoletta; Dolci, Giovanni; Maiorana, Mariarosa; Spaggiari, Lucia; Monelli, Filippo; Ligabue, Guido; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Rossi, Paolo Giorgi; Pattacini, Pierpaolo; Massari, Marco.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(8): 1926-1928, 2020 Aug.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-245715

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A high incidence of thrombotic events has been reported in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We report 3 clinical cases of patients in Italy with COVID-19 who developed abdominal viscera infarction, demonstrated by computed tomography.

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Anticoagulants/therapeutic use , Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity , Coronavirus Infections/complications , Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight/therapeutic use , Infarction/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Thrombosis/complications , Abdomen/blood supply , Abdomen/pathology , Abdomen/virology , Aged , Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Betacoronavirus/drug effects , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/diagnostic imaging , Coronavirus Infections/therapy , Coronavirus Infections/virology , Drug Combinations , Humans , Hydroxychloroquine/therapeutic use , Infarction/diagnostic imaging , Infarction/therapy , Infarction/virology , Italy , Lopinavir/therapeutic use , Male , Middle Aged , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnostic imaging , Pneumonia, Viral/therapy , Pneumonia, Viral/virology , Ritonavir/therapeutic use , SARS-CoV-2 , Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging , Thrombosis/therapy , Thrombosis/virology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Viscera/blood supply , Viscera/drug effects , Viscera/pathology , Viscera/virology

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