• Revista clínica española · Jun 2022

    Case Reports

    [Pulmonary embolism during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: clinical and radiological features].

    • A García-Lledó, M Del Palacio-Salgado, C Álvarez-Sanz, M M Pérez-Gil, and Á Cruz-Díaz.
    • Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España.
    • Rev Clin Esp. 2022 Jun 1; 222 (6): 354-358.

    BackgroundA high incidence of pulmonary embolism has been described during the coronavirus pandemic.MethodsThis work is a single-center retrospective study which reviewed computed tomography pulmonary angiograms ordered due to suspected pulmonary embolism during two periods: from March 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020 (pandemic) and during the same interval in 2019 (control).ResultsTwenty-two pulmonary embolism were diagnosed during the control period and 99 in the pandemic, 74 of which were associated with COVID-19. Of all patients hospitalized with COVID-19, 5.3% had a pulmonary embolism, with a delay between the two diagnoses of 9.1 ± 8.4 days. During the pandemic, patients with pulmonary embolism had fewer predisposing conditions (previous pulmonary embolism 5.1 vs. 18.2%, p = .05; previous surgery 2 vs. 35.4%, p = .0001; deep vein thrombosis 11.1 vs. 45.5%, p = .0001); peripheral pulmonary embolisms were the most frequent (73.5 vs. 50%, p = . 029).ConclusionsThere is an increased risk of having a pulmonary embolism during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which affects patients with a different clinical profile and more often causes distal pulmonary embolisms.© 2021 Elsevier España, S.L.U. and Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (SEMI). All rights reserved.

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