Thrombosis and Thromboembolism Related to COVID-19: Increase the Level of Awareness, Lower the Threshold of Suspicion, and Keep Following the Guidelines

Stavros V Konstantinides^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

Editorial

Stavros V Konstantinides. JACC Case Rep. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 15;2(9):1388-1390.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.016. Epub 2020 May 19.

Stavros V Konstantinides^{1

2}

¹ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

No abstract available

Keywords: coronavirus disease-2019; guidelines; pulmonary embolism; thromboprophylaxis; thrombosis; treatment.

Figures

Difficulties of Managing Submassive and Massive Pulmonary Embolism in the Era of COVID-19.
Marginean A, Masic D, Brailovsky Y, Fareed J, Darki A. Marginean A, et al. JACC Case Rep. 2020 Jul 15;2(9):1383-1387. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.017. Epub 2020 May 19. JACC Case Rep. 2020. PMID: 32835283 Free PMC article.

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