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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2024 Jun 30;16(6):e63508.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.63508. eCollection 2024 Jun. Coronavirus-Induced Cardiac Tamponade in a Healthy 29-Year-Old Patient
Beth Schwartz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Waleed Rehman[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ramtej Atluri[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kaitlin Natole[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Miriam Levine[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Pericarditis and pericardial effusion related to COVID-19 can lead to cardiac tamponade. Most case reports describe these complications in middle-aged or elderly patients. This case highlights a 29-year-old healthy patient who developed cardiac tamponade requiring an emergent pericardial window within one week of COVID-19 infection. This case also highlights the utility of point-of-care ultrasound in diagnosing serious COVID-19 complications.
Keywords: cardiac tamponade; cardiovascular intensive care unit; covid 19; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viral pericarditis.
. 2024 Jun 30;16(6):e63508.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.63508. eCollection 2024 Jun. Coronavirus-Induced Cardiac Tamponade in a Healthy 29-Year-Old Patient
Beth Schwartz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Waleed Rehman[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ramtej Atluri[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kaitlin Natole[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Miriam Levine[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 39081414
- PMCID: PMC11288480
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63508
Pericarditis and pericardial effusion related to COVID-19 can lead to cardiac tamponade. Most case reports describe these complications in middle-aged or elderly patients. This case highlights a 29-year-old healthy patient who developed cardiac tamponade requiring an emergent pericardial window within one week of COVID-19 infection. This case also highlights the utility of point-of-care ultrasound in diagnosing serious COVID-19 complications.
Keywords: cardiac tamponade; cardiovascular intensive care unit; covid 19; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viral pericarditis.