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Echocardiography
. 2020 Jul 31.
doi: 10.1111/echo.14796. Online ahead of print.
Saddle pulmonary embolism and thrombus-in-transit straddling the patent foramen ovale 28 days after COVID symptom onset
Kana Fujikura[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Joao D Fontes[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cynthia C Taub[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We present a late presentation of saddle pulmonary embolism and thrombus-in-transit straddle the patent foramen on patient who successfully recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Seven days postdischarge (ie, 28 days after initial COVID-19 symptom onset), she was readmitted to hospital for severe dyspnea. Computer tomography angiogram and echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis. Severe pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic states with endothelial involvement have been reported associated with severe COVID-19 infection. However, the duration of hypercoagulable state has not yet known. This case highlights the risk of thromboembolic phenomena for prolonged periods of times after recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia.
Keywords: 2D echocardiography; computed tomography; embolism; pulmonary artery; right atrial thrombus.
. 2020 Jul 31.
doi: 10.1111/echo.14796. Online ahead of print.
Saddle pulmonary embolism and thrombus-in-transit straddling the patent foramen ovale 28 days after COVID symptom onset
Kana Fujikura[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Joao D Fontes[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cynthia C Taub[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32735050
- DOI: 10.1111/echo.14796
Abstract
We present a late presentation of saddle pulmonary embolism and thrombus-in-transit straddle the patent foramen on patient who successfully recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Seven days postdischarge (ie, 28 days after initial COVID-19 symptom onset), she was readmitted to hospital for severe dyspnea. Computer tomography angiogram and echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis. Severe pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic states with endothelial involvement have been reported associated with severe COVID-19 infection. However, the duration of hypercoagulable state has not yet known. This case highlights the risk of thromboembolic phenomena for prolonged periods of times after recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia.
Keywords: 2D echocardiography; computed tomography; embolism; pulmonary artery; right atrial thrombus.