01-11-2020 | Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Long lasting hypercoagulability after subclinical COVID-19
Published in: Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis | Issue 4/2020
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During COVID-19 pandemic emergency, a patient with a previous undiagnosed subclinical COVID-19 underwent urgent surgery for removal of a big intracranial tumor.
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The patient developed severe APE secondary to atrial catheter-related thrombosis in the post-craniotomy clinical course.
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Previous COVID-19 is suspected to be the main cause of the prothrombotic status of this patient, otherwise healthy and without any other risk factor for DVT/APE.
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The temporal evolution of the hypercoagulability state in COVID-19 is still unknown.
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Special attention is required when planning major surgical procedures in patients with previous COVID-19.