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Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Screening for Proximal Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis
Published on: February 10, 2023
Recurrent upper extremity arterial thrombosis preceding a diagnosis of COVID-19
Raymond Kennedy1, Ariel Schneier2, Mohammed Javed3
1Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Medical Education Building 541, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States.
Abstract:
Arterial thrombosis occurs when there is endothelial damage in the setting of hypercoagulability and arterial blood stasis. COVID-19 has been theorized to cause both endothelial damage and promote hypercoagulability by causing an imbalance of clotting factors. In many studies, there have been a large proportion of COVID-19 patients that suffered a thromboembolic event, in both the venous and arterial systems. Our patient, who did not have a significant past medical history, presented with a recurrent brachial artery occlusion despite medical and surgical management, and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 late in his admission. In conclusion, there is high suspicion that there is a relationship between COVID-19 infection and recurrent arterial thrombosis.
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