If You Go Up, You May Fall: A Rare Case of Rapidly Progressing Multifocal High-Altitude Vascular Thrombosis

A high-altitude (HA) exposure can lead to hypercoagulability, increasing the risk for major thromboembolic events. The spontaneous vascular thrombosis can be arterial or venous, and may occur after a short or extended stay at higher elevations. Diagnosis is often challenging, and delays in treatment...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Nimmatoori, Divya Pramod, Singhania, Namrata, Bansal, Saurabh, Singh, Anil, Samal, Subhankar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2020
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500711/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32963901
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9860
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