Large vessel thrombosis in patient with COVID-19, a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Involvement of the large vessels is rarely reported and poorly understood in cases of Corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19). The aim of this study is to present a series of cases with large vessel thrombosis (LVT).

Methods

This is a multicenter prospective case series study. The participants were consecutive in order. All the patients were diagnosed as cases of COVID-19 with documented LVT were included in the study. Large vessels were defined as any vessel equal or larger than popliteal artery. The mean duration of follow up was 4 months.

Results

The study included 22 cases, 19 (86.4%) cases were male, 3 (13.6%) patients were females. The age ranged from 23 to 76 with a mean of 48.4 years. Four (18.2%) cases had pulmonary embolism confirmed by IV contrast e

SUBMITTER: Baram A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658560 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature