• VASA · Jun 2020

    Case Reports

    COVID-19 complicated by pulmonary embolism treated with catheter directed thrombectomy.

    • Francisco Leonardo Galastri, Leonardo Guedes Moreira Valle, Breno Boueri Affonso, Marcela Juliano Silva, Rodrigo Gobbo Garcia, Milton Rodrigues Junior, Leonardo Jose Rolim Ferraz, de Matos Gustavo Faissol Janot GFJ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil., de la Cruz Scarin Farah Christina FC Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil., and Felipe Nasser.
    • Interventional Medicine Center, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
    • VASA. 2020 Jun 1; 49 (4): 333-337.

    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.

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