Pulmonary thromboembolism in a young female patient due to the novel coronavirus infection

Article presents a case of sudden PATE after COVID-19 in a 36-year-old female patient. The patient was admitted to the cardiology department with complaints of mixed dyspnea. She had suffered from COVID-19 about a month earlier and had syncope condition the same month. After admission to the hospital, the patient was diagnosed with bilateral polysegmental interstitial pneumonia, and three days later she was discharged for outpatient treatment. Having suffered episodes of loss of consciousness three times a few days after discharge, she went to the city hospital on her own. On examination, the condition is satisfactory, body temperature is 36,8 °C, SpO2 is 91%, blood pressure is 130/70 mm Hg, pulse is 80/min. Ultrasound of the veins of the lower extremities - no signs of thrombosis. According to MSCT angipulmonography data, two days after the appeal, the patient was diagnosed with thromboembolism of the pulmonary artery and its branches. This observation allows us to conclude that the high incidence of thromboembolism in COVID-19 requires clinical vigilance regarding this complication even among young people and consideration of the appointment of anticoagulants, regardless of the treatment conditions.

COVID-19, COVID-19, shortness of breath, pulmonary thromboembolism, young age