Abstract

A 30-year-old male with no significant past medical history developed a stroke on day 15th of his COVID-19 Positive result with investigations showing Thrombosis of Left ICA MCA The patient underwent mechanical thrombectomy with adequate recanalization yet presented with a recurrent thrombus the next day Hypercoagulable state is one of the unusual complications seen in COVID-19 positive patients with multiple pieces of literature pointing towards increased risk of venous thromboembolism with stress towards VTE prophylaxis 1 2 Arterial thromboembolism is a lesser-known sequela often involves larger blood vessels correlating with increased inflammatory markers and severity of the disease and such patients may need prolonged anticoagulation therapy