Novel application of large bore aspiration in the treatment of COVID-19 associated acute limb ischemia using the penumbra CAT 12 lightning aspiration system.

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 associated cardiovascular complications have been well documented throughout the pandemic and are associated with higher rates of morbidity and mortality. Hypercoagulable states resulting from systemic inflammation have been associated with increasing incidences of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) and acute limb ischemia (ALI). Herein, we present a case of AMI complicated by ALI in a patient with COVID-19 in which aspiration thrombectomy using the Penumbra CAT 12 thrombectomy catheter was used in the management of acute popliteal artery occlusion.