Several cases of arterial thrombosis of the limbs revealing asymptomatic and paucisymptomatic COVID-19 infection
| Autor: | Daouda Thioub, Mamadou Ly, Ibrahima Niang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Disease arterial thrombosis Letter to the Editors Asymptomatic Upper Extremity Internal medicine medicine Humans Risk factor Asymptomatic Infections emergency business.industry COVID-19 Thrombosis General Medicine medicine.disease Senegal Anticoagulant therapy Lower Extremity Africa Cardiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | The Pan African Medical Journal Pan African Medical Journal; Vol. 38 No. 1 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| Popis: | The COVID-19 pandemic, which has been in progress for more than a year, has consistently demonstrated its multi-systemic nature, with its varied effects affecting all the body's systems [1]. The cardiovascular system is far from being an exception and the main cardiovascular events reported, associated with COVID-19, concern venous thromboembolic diseases (VTED) [2,3]. While VTED can quickly become life-threatening, arterial thrombosis of the limbs is just as urgent and deleterious because of the risk of compromising the functional prognosis, which can lead to amputation [2,3]. Indeed, COVID-19 infection leads to blood hypercoagulability, which causes arterial and venous thrombosis at the peripheral (upper and lower limbs) and central (cerebral, pulmonary, coronary...) levels [4]. This high risk of thrombosis is now known in patients diagnosed with COVID-19, who are receiving anticoagulant treatment combined with other preventive measures to limit thromboembolic events. |
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