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Cureus
. 2021 Jun 14;13(6):e15650.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.15650. eCollection 2021 Jun.
A Unique Case of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Patient With COVID-19 Infection
Juwairiya Shuroog[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joseph Raffetto[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shahabuddin Soherwardi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maleeha Hassan[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Simona Eng[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fahad Nayim[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
The coronavirus pandemic has caused significant mortality and morbidity in just over a year of its course since the first case was identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The varied presenting symptoms of this enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus infection and the unknown surrounding the pathophysiology of the disease process have been extensively reported in the literature. In this case report, we present a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive patient who presented with chest pain, diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome. Interestingly, the patient was noted to have non-ST elevation myocardial infarction with cardiac catheterization showing coronary microthrombi rather than typical acute coronary thrombotic occlusive disease.
Keywords: covid 19; covid and cardiovascular complications; hyper coagulopathy; microthrombi; nste-acs.
. 2021 Jun 14;13(6):e15650.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.15650. eCollection 2021 Jun.
A Unique Case of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Patient With COVID-19 Infection
Juwairiya Shuroog[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joseph Raffetto[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Shahabuddin Soherwardi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maleeha Hassan[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Simona Eng[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fahad Nayim[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34306860
- PMCID: PMC8279909
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.15650
Abstract
The coronavirus pandemic has caused significant mortality and morbidity in just over a year of its course since the first case was identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The varied presenting symptoms of this enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus infection and the unknown surrounding the pathophysiology of the disease process have been extensively reported in the literature. In this case report, we present a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive patient who presented with chest pain, diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome. Interestingly, the patient was noted to have non-ST elevation myocardial infarction with cardiac catheterization showing coronary microthrombi rather than typical acute coronary thrombotic occlusive disease.
Keywords: covid 19; covid and cardiovascular complications; hyper coagulopathy; microthrombi; nste-acs.