Right Ventricular Clot in Transit in COVID-19

Sanjum S. Sethi, MD, MPH; Robert Zilinyi, MD; Philip Green, MD; Andrew Eisenberger, MD; Daniel Brodie, MD; Cara Agerstrand, MD; Koji Takeda, MD; Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM; Sahil A. Parikh, MD; Erika B. Rosenzweig, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Right Ventricular Clot in Transit in COVID-19

Sanjum S. Sethi, MD, MPH,
Robert Zilinyi, MD,
Philip Green, MD,
Andrew Eisenberger, MD,
Daniel Brodie, MD,
Cara Agerstrand, MD,
Koji Takeda, MD,
Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM,
Sahil A. Parikh, MD,
Erika B. Rosenzweig, MD

Affiliations

Sanjum S. Sethi, MD, MPH: Address for correspondence: Dr. Sanjum S. Sethi, Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, Floor 6, New York, New York 10032.; Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Robert Zilinyi, MD: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Philip Green, MD: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Andrew Eisenberger, MD: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Daniel Brodie, MD: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Cara Agerstrand, MD: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Koji Takeda, MD: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Sahil A. Parikh, MD: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Erika B. Rosenzweig, MD: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 9
pp. 1391 – 1396

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is associated with a prothrombotic state in infected patients. After presenting a case of right ventricular thrombus in a patient with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), we discuss the unique challenges in the evaluation and treatment of COVID-19 patients, highlighting our COVID-19–modified pulmonary embolism response team algorithm. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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