학술논문
Challenges in COVID-19: is pulmonary thromboembolism related to overall severity?
Document Type
Letter
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Subject
*COVID-19
*THROMBOEMBOLISM
*ACTIVATED protein C resistance
*ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID syndrome
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ISSN
2374-4235
Abstract
To the Editor, In this journal Hou et al. recently reported their experience on clinical aggravation in COVID-19 patients [[1]]. Based on impaired arterial blood gas oxygen therapy was started and a contrast enhanced chest CT scan was obtained, showing opacification defects suggestive of pulmonary artery thromboembolism (Figure 1). Contrast-enhanced chest CT scans showing pulmonary thromboembolism in three COVID-19 patients. [Extracted from the article]