Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Associated Thromboembolic Disease: A Report of Three Patients With Pulmonary Embolism

Jeffrey Guccione; Daniel Ocazionez; Gabriel Aisenberg; Erika Odisio

doi:10.7759/cureus.8583

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Associated Thromboembolic Disease: A Report of Three Patients With Pulmonary Embolism

Cureus. 2020 Jun 12;12(6):e8583. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8583.

Authors

Jeffrey Guccione¹, Daniel Ocazionez¹, Gabriel Aisenberg², Erika Odisio¹

Affiliations

¹ Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA.
² Internal Medicine, John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA.

Abstract

Coagulopathy and thromboembolic disease, including pulmonary embolism (PE), are reported complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The mechanism is not fully understood. We present three patients with COVID-19 and concurrent PE.

Keywords: acute pulmonary embolism; coagulopathy; covid coagulopathy; covid-19; pulmonary embolism (pe); sars-cov-2.

Publication types

Case Reports