Arterial thrombotic complications in COVID-19 patients

Stef Levolger; Reinoud P H Bokkers; Jan Wille; Rogier H J Kropman; Jean-Paul P M de Vries

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.06.012

Arterial thrombotic complications in COVID-19 patients

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020 Sep;6(3):454-459. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.06.012. Epub 2020 Jul 17.

Authors

Stef Levolger¹, Reinoud P H Bokkers¹, Jan Wille², Rogier H J Kropman², Jean-Paul P M de Vries³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
³ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a viral respiratory illness caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been described to predispose to thrombotic disease in both the venous and arterial circulations. We report four cases of an acute arterial occlusion in COVID-19 patients and literature review on the occurrence of arterial thrombosis in patients with COVID-19. Our findings demonstrate that physicians should be vigilant for signs of thrombotic complications in both hospitalized and new COVID-19 patients.

Keywords: Arterial occlusion; COVID-19; Ischemia; SARS-CoV-2; Thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports