Arterial thrombotic complications in COVID-19 patients

Stef Levolger, MD, PhD; Reinoud P.H. Bokkers, MD, PhD; Jan Wille, MD, PhD; Rogier H.J. Kropman, MD, PhD; Jean-Paul P.M. de Vries, MD, PhD

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Sep 2020)

Arterial thrombotic complications in COVID-19 patients

Stef Levolger, MD, PhD,
Reinoud P.H. Bokkers, MD, PhD,
Jan Wille, MD, PhD,
Rogier H.J. Kropman, MD, PhD,
Jean-Paul P.M. de Vries, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Stef Levolger, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Correspondence: Stef Levolger, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen, Huispostcode AB45, Hanzeplein 1, Postbus 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Reinoud P.H. Bokkers, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Jan Wille, MD, PhD: Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Rogier H.J. Kropman, MD, PhD: Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Jean-Paul P.M. de Vries, MD, PhD: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 454 – 459

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a viral respiratory illness caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been described to predispose to thrombotic disease in both the venous and arterial circulations. We report four cases of an acute arterial occlusion in COVID-19 patients and literature review on the occurrence of arterial thrombosis in patients with COVID-19. Our findings demonstrate that physicians should be vigilant for signs of thrombotic complications in both hospitalized and new COVID-19 patients.

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-vascular-surgery-cases-innovations-and-techniques

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