COVID-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic disease

Patients infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 appear to be associated with higher risk of thromboembolic disease, especially stroke and pulmonary embolism. We report a case of a 79-year-old woman that presented with stroke and was found to have COVID-19 pneumonia and concomitant large burden pulmonary a...

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Main Authors: Ileana Gill, MD MPH, Shirley Chan, MD, Darren Fitzpatrick, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043320302028
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spelling doaj-41a5223cf3c848ec8e90a6fc6cf768b22020-11-25T03:07:24ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332020-08-0115812421249COVID-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic diseaseIleana Gill, MD MPH0Shirley Chan, MD1Darren Fitzpatrick, MD2Corresponding author.; Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Queens, 25-10 30th Ave, Queens, NY 11102Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Queens, 25-10 30th Ave, Queens, NY 11102Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Queens, 25-10 30th Ave, Queens, NY 11102Patients infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 appear to be associated with higher risk of thromboembolic disease, especially stroke and pulmonary embolism. We report a case of a 79-year-old woman that presented with stroke and was found to have COVID-19 pneumonia and concomitant large burden pulmonary arterial clot. Early imaging of suspected thromboembolic disease may lead to improved patient morbidity and mortality.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043320302028Covid-19Thromboembolic diseasePulmonary embolismStroke
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author Ileana Gill, MD MPH
Shirley Chan, MD
Darren Fitzpatrick, MD
spellingShingle Ileana Gill, MD MPH
Shirley Chan, MD
Darren Fitzpatrick, MD
COVID-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic disease
Radiology Case Reports
Covid-19
Thromboembolic disease
Pulmonary embolism
Stroke
author_facet Ileana Gill, MD MPH
Shirley Chan, MD
Darren Fitzpatrick, MD
author_sort Ileana Gill, MD MPH
title COVID-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic disease
title_short COVID-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic disease
title_full COVID-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic disease
title_fullStr COVID-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic disease
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic disease
title_sort covid-19-associated pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolic disease
publisher Elsevier
series Radiology Case Reports
issn 1930-0433
publishDate 2020-08-01
description Patients infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 appear to be associated with higher risk of thromboembolic disease, especially stroke and pulmonary embolism. We report a case of a 79-year-old woman that presented with stroke and was found to have COVID-19 pneumonia and concomitant large burden pulmonary arterial clot. Early imaging of suspected thromboembolic disease may lead to improved patient morbidity and mortality.
topic Covid-19
Thromboembolic disease
Pulmonary embolism
Stroke
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043320302028
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