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JACC: Case Reports

Volume 2, Issue 9, 15 July 2020, Pages 1291-1296
JACC: Case Reports

Coronary Interventions
Case Report: Clinical Case Series
A Case Series of Stent Thrombosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) triggers a hypercoagulable state with a high incidence of thrombotic complications. We have noted a higher than expected incidence of stent thrombosis in these patients. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Key Words

coronary artery
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
stent thrombosis

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ASA
acetyl salicylic acid
COVID-19
coronavirus disease-2019
DES
drug-eluting stent
LAD
left anterior descending
PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention
SARS-CoV-2
severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2
STEMI
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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