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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1682-0037</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Angiol Cir Vasc]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1682-0037</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1682-00372020000300010</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Gangrena isquémica de miembro inferior en paciente con COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ischemic gangrene of low limb in patient with COVID-19]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez Duarte]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Héctor Temístocles]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Savigne Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[William Orlando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández Montequín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Ignacio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jay Carbonell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vilma Gloria]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de La Habana Facultad Ciencias Médicas &#8220;Salvador Allende&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1682-00372020000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1682-00372020000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1682-00372020000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En diciembre de 2019 en la ciudad china de Wuham se reportaron los primeros casos de una nueva enfermedad asociada al SARS-Cov2, denominada COVID-19 y declarada como pandemia por la OMS, con alta letalidad en pacientes mayores de 60 años, que reportaban, en algunos casos, una predisposición a desarrollar microtrombosis y/o trombosis en el sistema arterial y venoso. Cuba presentó su primer caso en abril de 2020, con un comportamiento similar, por lo que nuestro sistema de salud aplicó medidas efectivas, así como puso en práctica el conocimiento acumulado por la comunidad científica. En este sentido, se presenta un caso de gangrena isquémica de miembro inferior en paciente con COVID-19, de interés científico. A la paciente de 42 años se le diagnosticaron COVID-19 y otras comorbilidades, así como un cuadro respiratorio agudo severo, asociado con un proceso de microtrombosis y lesiones de gangrena isquémica distal de los dedos del miembro inferior izquierdo, por la producción de microtrombosis relacionadas con excesiva inflamación, activación plaquetaria, disfunción endotelial y estasis. Según protocolos aplicados en Cuba, la paciente logró sobrevivir a dichas complicaciones. Este caso da a conocer una complicación no relatada en toda su magnitud hasta el momento, lo cual debe ser reportado y conocido como interés científico teórico-práctico de nuestros profesionales de la salud.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In December, 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan were reported the first cases of a new disease associated to SARS-CoV-2, called COVID-19 and it was declared as a pandemic by WHO. This disease had high lethality in patients older than 60 years whom in some cases reported predisposition to develop microthrombosis and/or thrombosis in the arterial and venous system. Cuba presented its first case in April, 2020 with a similar behaviour, then our health system implemented effective measures and put into practice all the knowledge accumulated by the scientific community. In this sense, it is presented a scientific interest case of ischemic gangrene of low limb in a patient with COVID-19. The 42 years old female patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 and other comorbidities, as well as with a severe acute respiratory condition, associated to a microthrombosis process and lesions of distal ischemic grangrene of left low limb´s toes, due to the microthrombosis related with excesive inflammation, platelets activation, endothelial dysfunction and stasis. Thanks to the protocols applied in Cuba, the patient survived to those complications. This case shows a complication that is not fully described to the moment, something which must be reported and known as theoric-practical scientific interest of our health professionals.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ischemic gangrene]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[microthrombosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
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