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

Arterial thromboembolism associated with COVID-19 and elevated D-dimer levels

  • Karan Garg, MD,
  • Michael E. Barfield, MD,
  • Michael L. Pezold, MD,
  • Mikel Sadek, MD,
  • Neal S. Cayne, MD,
  • Joanelle Lugo, MD,
  • Thomas S. Maldonado, MD,
  • Todd L. Berland, MD,
  • Caron B. Rockman, MD,
  • Glenn R. Jacobowitz, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 348 – 351

Abstract

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The novel coronavirus 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in January 2020 and has since evolved into a pandemic affecting >200 countries. The severity of presentation is variable and carries a mortality between 1% and 3%. We continue to learn about the virus and the resulting acute respiratory illness and hypercoagulability; however, much remains unknown. In our early experience in a high-volume center, we report a series of four cases of acute peripheral artery ischemia in patients with COVID-19 in the setting of elevated D-dimer levels.

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