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Editor, Senior Moderator
JACC Case Rep. 2020 Apr 23.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.009. Online ahead of print.
Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to COVID-19
Mohammed F Dabbagh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lindsey Aurora[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Penny D'Souza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Allison J Weinmann[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Pallavi Bhargava[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mir B Basir[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A 67-year-old female presented with upper respiratory symptoms and was diagnosed with COVID-19. She was found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with echocardiographic signs of tamponade and mild left ventricular impairment. Clinical course was complicated by development of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. She was treated with pericardiocentesis, colchicine, corticosteroids and hydroxychloroquine with improvement in symptoms.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ECG, electrocardiogram; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NICM, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy; Pericardial Effusion; RR, reference range; SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; TTC, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Tamponade; cTnI, cardiac troponin I.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.009. Online ahead of print.
Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to COVID-19
Mohammed F Dabbagh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lindsey Aurora[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Penny D'Souza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Allison J Weinmann[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Pallavi Bhargava[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mir B Basir[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32328588
- PMCID: PMC7177077
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.009
Abstract
A 67-year-old female presented with upper respiratory symptoms and was diagnosed with COVID-19. She was found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with echocardiographic signs of tamponade and mild left ventricular impairment. Clinical course was complicated by development of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. She was treated with pericardiocentesis, colchicine, corticosteroids and hydroxychloroquine with improvement in symptoms.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ECG, electrocardiogram; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NICM, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy; Pericardial Effusion; RR, reference range; SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; TTC, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; TTE, transthoracic echocardiogram; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Tamponade; cTnI, cardiac troponin I.