Unexpected Pulmonary Embolism Late After Recovery from Mild COVID-19?
  • Doranna De Pace
    Cardiology Division, Ospedale Unico Plurisede del VCO, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy
  • Sara Ariotti
    Cardiology Division, Ospedale Unico Plurisede del VCO, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy
  • Simone Persampieri
    Cardiology Division, Ospedale Unico Plurisede del VCO, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy
  • Giuseppe Patti
    Clinica Cardiologica, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
  • Lupi Alessandro
    Cardiology Division, Ospedale Unico Plurisede del VCO, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy

Keywords

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, thrombosis, inflammation, pulmonary embolism, direct oral anticoagulants

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is common during active illness but unusual in milder cases and after healing. We describe a case of bilateral acute pulmonary embolism occurring 3 months after recovery from a paucisymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. The only VTE risk factor demonstrable was a history of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, with laboratory signs of residual low-grade inflammation. Clinicians should be aware of VTE as a potential cause of sudden dyspnoea after COVID-19 resolution, especially in the presence of persistent systemic inflammation.

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    Published: 2021-12-21
    Issue: 2021: Vol 8 No 12 (view)


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    De Pace D, Ariotti S, Persampieri S, Patti G, Alessandro L. Unexpected Pulmonary Embolism Late After Recovery from Mild COVID-19?. EJCRIM 2021;8 doi:10.12890/2021_002854.