25 November 2021
: Case report
A Case of COVID-19-Associated Free-Floating Aortic Thrombus Successfully Treated with Thrombectomy
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment
Lisa Dao1ABDEF, Alina Lund1BEF, Christina D. Schibler1BEF, Christine A. Yoshioka1BEF, Maria Barsky1ACDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.933225
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e933225
Table 1. Trends of COVID-19 inflammatory markers, including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, lactate dehydrogenase, D-dimer, ferritin, interleukin-6, and procalcitonin throughout the hospital course.
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | ||
| Reference range | ||||||||||||
| 0–1.00 mg/dL | 12.35 | 10.37 | 4.06 | 2.16 | 0.75 | 12.92 | 8.23 | 2.75 | 0.70 | 1.65 | – | |
| <500 ng/mL | 1,630 | 1,870 | 2,860 | 2,400 | 2,350 | 6,840 | 2,680 | 2,010 | 1,640 | 1,190 | 960 | |
| 140–271 U/L | 387 | 346 | 325 | 277 | 231 | 307 | 260 | 203 | 138 | 126 | 165 | |
| 23–233 ng/mL | 1,175 | 1,016 | 815 | 690 | 555 | 1,244 | 988 | 656 | 504 | 461 | 414 | |
| ≤2.0 pg/mL | 26.0 | – | 8.7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| <0.10 ng/mL | 0.07 | – | -– | – | 0.09 | 0.08 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| * Day 10: FFT diagnosed via CT pulmonary angiography. | ||||||||||||






