Diagnosis of thrombotic events:
DVT diagnosis was made according to the patients’ clinical
manifestations (11) and confirmed through Doppler ultrasonography. To
make a PTE diagnosis, computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA)
was done for those referred with the symptoms compatible with PTE(12).
Acute MI was determined as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
(STEMI) or non-STEMI. Typical chest pain for cardiac ischemia plus an
elevation in highly-sensitive troponin levels as a sensitive and
specific cardiac biomarker was defined as acute MI. ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) in two or more echocardiogram leads
indicating the involvement of a particular epicardial territory or
new-onset left bundle branch block (LBBB); otherwise, non-STEMI.
Hemiplegia, facial hemiparesis, or dysarthria with a CT scan compatible
with an ischemic CVA was the CVA determinants.
All patients received the required COVID-19 treatment and anticoagulant
according to Iran’s national guidelines.