Are we Aware of The Increasing Acute Limb Ischemia in The Pandemic?

Abstract

I read with interest the article by Gocgun and Ikizceli, published in your journal, titled "Imaging Findings of Ischemic Stroke Associated with COVID-19" published in your journal in 2021. In this article, the authors referred to acute ischemic cerebrovascular accident, which is an ischemic complication of COVID-19. In this article, we wanted to mention about acute extremity ischemia, another ischemic complication.

Keywords

• COVID 19
• ischemia
• embolism

Pandemide Artan Akut Ekstremite İskemisinin Farkında mıyız?

Abstract

Derginizde yayınlanan Göçgün ve İkizceli’nin 2021 yılında derginizde yayınlanan ‘COVID-19 ile İlişkili İskemik İnmenin Görüntüleme Bulguları’ isimli makalesini ilgiyle okudum. Yazarlar bu makalede, COVID-19’un iskemik komplikasyonu olan akut iskemik serebrovasküler olaya değinmiştir. Bu yazıda ise, bir diğer iskemik komplikasyon olan akut ekstremite iskemisi (AEİ) konusunda değinilmek istendi.

Keywords

• COVID 19
• iskemi
• emboli

References

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