COVID-19 complicated by pulmonary embolism treated with catheter directed thrombectomy
- 31 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hogrefe Publishing Group in Vasa
- Vol. 49 (4), 333-337
- https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a000880
Abstract
COVID-19 is a recently identified illness that is associated with thromboembolic events. We report a case of pulmonary embolism in a patient with COVID-19, treated by catheter directed thrombectomy. A 57 year old patient presented to the emergency center with severe COVID-19 symptoms and developed massive pulmonary embolism. The patient was treated with catheter directed thrombolysis (CDT) and recovered completely. Coagulopathy associated with COVID-19 is present in all severe cases and is a dynamic process. We describe a case of massive/high risk pulmonary embolism, in a patient with COVID-19 receiving full anticoagulation, who was treated by percutaneous intervention. CDT can be an additional therapeutic option in patients with COVID-19 and pulmonary embolism that present with rapid clinical collapse.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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