Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19 is the virus responsible for the 2019 global pandemic. Pulmonary complications of COVID-19 are well established in the literature. However, the virus causes numerous extrapulmonary manifestations, notably acute aortic occlusion (AAO). COVID-19 creates a hypercoagulable state via the upregulation of numerous procoagulant cytokines in endothelial cells of blood vessels. We present a case of a 63-year-old patient without a previous history of prothrombotic disorders who developed AAO in the distal abdominal aorta and bilateral common iliac arteries after contracting COVID-19. The patient was a poor surgical candidate and was treated with fibrinolytics that were administered via an EkoSonic™ Endovascular System (EKOS) catheter using a bilateral transfemoral approach. This case highlights a unique treatment option for non-surgical candidates with AAO.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, thrombosis, fibrinolytics, acute aortic occlusion, ekos catheter, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, cytokine, surgical, virus, pulmonary, global pandemic, blood vessels, Patient, Manifestations, Endothelial cell, Artery, hypercoagulable, acute respiratory syndrome, candidate, upregulation, disorder, complications of COVID-19, Administered, System, approach, prothrombotic, procoagulant, highlight, responsible, treated, unique, cause, distal, 【제목키워드】 Occlusion, secondary to, catheter, System,