Arterial Thromboembolism Associated with COVID-19 and elevated D-Dimer levels

Abstract The novel coronavirus 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in January 2020 and has since evolved into a pandemic affecting over 200 countries. The severity of presentation is variable and carries a mortality between 1% and 3%. We continue to learn about the virus and the resulting acute respiratory illness, and hypercoagulability; however, much remains unknown. In our early experience in a high-volume center, we report a series of four cases of acute peripheral arterial ischemia in patients with COVID-19, in the setting of elevated D-dimer levels.