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. 2020 Sep 1;202(5):750–753. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202006-2598LE

Table 1.

Potential Vascular Complications in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19

  Complication Organ Affected
Macrovascular    
 Venous Deep vein thrombosis Extremities, pelvic
  Pulmonary embolism Lung
In situ pulmonary thrombosis* Lung
 Arterial Stroke CNS
  Myocardial infarction Heart
  Mesenteric ischemia Gut
  Limb Ischemia Extremities
     
Microvascular Thrombosis Lung, heart, intestines, kidneys, and skin
     
Extracorporeal ECMO oxygenator clotting N/A
  Renal replacement filter clotting N/A

Definition of abbreviations: CNS = central nervous system; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease; ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; N/A = not applicable.

Vascular complications in patients with COVID-19 that have been reported in the literature and organs involved (both reported and extrapolated).

*

Postulated mechanism that is not reported in the literature as of this writing.