作者
Frederick K Ho, Kenneth KC Man, Mark Toshner, Colin Church, Carlos Celis-Morales, Ian CK Wong, Colin Berry, Naveed Sattar, Jill P Pell
发表日期
2021/7/16
期刊
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Objective
To assess the associations between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and thromboembolism including myocardial infarction (MI), ischemic stroke, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and pulmonary embolism (PE).
Patients and Methods
A self-controlled case-series study was conducted covering the whole of Scotland’s general population. The study population comprised individuals with confirmed (positive test) COVID-19 and at least one thromboembolic event between March 2018 and October 2020. Their incidence rates during the risk interval (5 days before to 56 days after the positive test) and the control interval (the remaining periods) were compared intrapersonally.
Results
Across Scotland, 1449 individuals tested positive for COVID-19 and experienced a thromboembolic event. The risk of thromboembolism was significantly elevated over the whole risk period but highest in the 7 days …
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