A 74-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and previous myocardial infarction presents to the emergency department with cardiogenic shock. Three-dimensional computed tomographic (CT) angiography revealed the complete thrombotic occlusion of the aorta, arising from the descending aorta and including all the visceral arteries. Multifocal ground-glass opacities were visualized in the bilateral lungs (Panels B and C). Diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis. The patient died immediately after the CT scan.
Tinelli, G., Minelli, F., Sica, S., Tshomba, Y., Complete aortic thrombosis in SARS-CoV-2 infection, <<EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL>>, 2021; 42 (23): 2314-2314. [doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehab011] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/167866]
Complete aortic thrombosis in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Tinelli, Giovanni
Primo
;Minelli, Fabrizio;Sica, Simona;Tshomba, Yamume
2021
Abstract
A 74-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and previous myocardial infarction presents to the emergency department with cardiogenic shock. Three-dimensional computed tomographic (CT) angiography revealed the complete thrombotic occlusion of the aorta, arising from the descending aorta and including all the visceral arteries. Multifocal ground-glass opacities were visualized in the bilateral lungs (Panels B and C). Diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis. The patient died immediately after the CT scan.
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