Acute thrombotic events as initial presentation of patients with COVID-19 infection

Nicole Ilonzo; Ajit Rao; Kelsey Berger; John Phair; Ageliki Vouyouka; Reid Ravin; Daniel Han; David Finlay; Rami Tadros; Michael Marin; Peter Faries

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.05.011

Acute thrombotic events as initial presentation of patients with COVID-19 infection

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020 Jun 17;6(3):381-383. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.05.011. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Affiliation

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.

Abstract

We describe three patients with COVID-19 who presented with an acute vascular event rather than with typical respiratory symptoms. These patients were all subsequently found to have laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infections as the likely cause of their thrombotic event. The primary presentation of COVID-19 infection as a thrombotic event rather than with respiratory symptoms has not been described elsewhere. Our cases and discussion highlight the thrombotic complications caused by COVID-19; we discuss management of these patients and explore the role of anticoagulation in patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Thrombosis; Vascular surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports