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Rising from the province of Wuhan in China, the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 broke out in winter 2019, causing a global pandemic In most cases reported, COVID-19 symptoms include cough, dyspnea, myalgia and asthenia In some cases, the disease can also cause severe respiratory distress syndrome, requiring intensive care Recent studies suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection predisposes to thromboembolic event such as pulmonary embolism Moreover, there is an overlap between signs and symptoms of pulmonary embolism and COVID-19, which brings a challenge for the diagnosis and could potentially be fatal Nevertheless, the incidence rate of pulmonary embolism in cases of COVID-19 is currently not known In this paper we describe six cases of pulmonary embolism associated with COVID-19
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