Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19
A high rate of thrombotic complications have been observed in patients infected with COVID-19. These complications are related to increased blood hypercoagulabity, which can cause both venous and arterial thrombosis. We report a case of a 60-year-old man with COVID-19 pneumonia and thrombotic occlus...
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
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| author | Rafet Yarımoglu Saliha Yarımoglu Hayati Tastan Halil Ibrahim Erkengel |
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| description | A high rate of thrombotic complications have been observed in patients infected with COVID-19. These complications are related to increased blood hypercoagulabity, which can cause both venous and arterial thrombosis. We report a case of a 60-year-old man with COVID-19 pneumonia and thrombotic occlusion of the infrarenal abdominal aorta at the time of admission to the hospital. A CT scan showed a crazy-paving pattern in the lungs, consistent with COVID-19. A clinical suspicion of aortic thrombosis was confirmed by CT angiography. Embolectomy was undertaken a few hours later. At the end of the procedure, the patient was taken to the intensive care unit while intubated. The patient then worsened, developing severe renal failure, and died on day 1 after admission to the hospital. A CT scan, which is necessary for diagnosis of COVID-19, and a CT angiography, can be used to diagnose thrombotic events. It should be kept in mind that arterial thrombosis can be present not only in hospitalized COVID-19 patients but also at the time of admission. SIMILAR CASES PUBLSHED: 1 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7ad5e14475b4a8f98ce96c3aaf216cf2022-12-22T02:45:36ZengKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research CentreAnnals of Saudi Medicine0256-49470975-44662021-11-0141639239510.5144/0256-4947.2021.392Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19Rafet Yarımoglu0Saliha Yarımoglu1Hayati Tastan2Halil Ibrahim Erkengel3From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Karaman Training and Research Hospital, Karaman, TurkeyFrom the Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Karaman Training and Research Hospital, Karaman, TurkeyFrom the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Karaman Training and Research Hospital, Karaman, TurkeyFrom the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, TurkeyA high rate of thrombotic complications have been observed in patients infected with COVID-19. These complications are related to increased blood hypercoagulabity, which can cause both venous and arterial thrombosis. We report a case of a 60-year-old man with COVID-19 pneumonia and thrombotic occlusion of the infrarenal abdominal aorta at the time of admission to the hospital. A CT scan showed a crazy-paving pattern in the lungs, consistent with COVID-19. A clinical suspicion of aortic thrombosis was confirmed by CT angiography. Embolectomy was undertaken a few hours later. At the end of the procedure, the patient was taken to the intensive care unit while intubated. The patient then worsened, developing severe renal failure, and died on day 1 after admission to the hospital. A CT scan, which is necessary for diagnosis of COVID-19, and a CT angiography, can be used to diagnose thrombotic events. It should be kept in mind that arterial thrombosis can be present not only in hospitalized COVID-19 patients but also at the time of admission. SIMILAR CASES PUBLSHED: 1http://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/10.5144/0256-4947.2021.392 |
| spellingShingle | Rafet Yarımoglu Saliha Yarımoglu Hayati Tastan Halil Ibrahim Erkengel Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19 Annals of Saudi Medicine |
| title | Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19 |
| title_full | Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19 |
| title_short | Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19 |
| title_sort | acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with covid 19 |
| url | http://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/10.5144/0256-4947.2021.392 |
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