Post‑infectious ST elevation myocardial infarction following a COVID‑19 infection: A case report
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
post-infectious sequelae
0301 basic medicine
0303 health sciences
03 medical and health sciences
COVID-19
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2
COVID-19; Post-infectious sequelae; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coro-navirus-2; ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
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DOI:
10.3892/br.2021.1493
Publication Date:
2021-12-15T07:35:30Z
AUTHORS (10)
ABSTRACT
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been shown to increase the risk of thrombotic events due a hypercoagulable state caused by several factors. The case 59-year-old woman affected hypertension and metabolic disorders, treated for COVID-19 infection who developed cardiac symptoms during first days hospitalization is reported. Electrocardiogram analysis cardiac-ultrasound confirmed ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) diagnosis, thus patient underwent percutaneous coronary intervention, which was successful. This highlights possible association between respiratory infection, particularly SARS-CoV-2 cardiovascular events, in particular Coronary Syndrome. these phenomena seems related range factors, including proinflammatory hypoxemia. Moreover, amongst diseases may be also linked long-term sequelae. Thus, further studies are required better understand multifaceted severe complications this disease.
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