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Mechanical thrombectomy of COVID-19 DVT with congenital heart disease leading to phlegmasia cerulea dolens: a case report.

Neema JamshidiWeiyi TanDingle FooteLeigh ReardonGentian LluriJamil AboulhosnJohn MoriartyJeannette Lin
Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2021)
This report of acute PCD despite therapeutic anticoagulation with a Vitamin K antagonist, managed with emergent mechanical thrombectomy, calls to attention the importance of altered flow dynamics in COVID positive patients with Fontan circulation that may compound these independent risk factors for developing deep venous thrombosis with the potential for even higher morbidity.
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