Acute limb ischemia in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia

The aim of our study was to determine the incidence, characteristics, and clinical outcomes of patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection who had presented with and been treated for acute limb ischemia (ALI) during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. We performed a single-center, observatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of vascular surgery 2020-12, Vol.72 (6), p.1864-1872
Hauptverfasser: Bellosta, Raffaello, Luzzani, Luca, Natalini, Giuseppe, Pegorer, Matteo Alberto, Attisani, Luca, Cossu, Luisa Giuseppina, Ferrandina, Camillo, Fossati, Alessandro, Conti, Elena, Bush, Ruth L., Piffaretti, Gabriele
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of our study was to determine the incidence, characteristics, and clinical outcomes of patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection who had presented with and been treated for acute limb ischemia (ALI) during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. We performed a single-center, observational cohort study. The data from all patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 and had presented with ALI requiring urgent operative treatment were collected in a prospectively maintained database. For the present series, successful revascularization of the treated arterial segment was defined as the absence of early (
ISSN:0741-5214
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DOI:10.1016/j.jvs.2020.04.483