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Management of a patient presenting with anterior STEMI with concomitant COVID ‐19 infection early in the course of the U.S. pandemic
Author(s) -
Rothstein Eric S.,
Welch Terrence D.,
Andrus Bruce W.,
Jayne John E.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.28967
Subject(s) - medicine , acute coronary syndrome , concomitant , myocardial infarction , percutaneous coronary intervention , pandemic , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , ards , cardiology , shock (circulatory) , emergency department , coronavirus , disease , lung , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry
The coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) is a viral illness with heterogenous clinical manifestations, ranging from mild symptoms to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and shock caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2. The global healthcare community is rapidly learning more about the effects of COVID‐19 on the cardiovascular system, as well as the strategies for management of infected patients with cardiovascular disease. There is minimal literature available surrounding the relationship between COVID‐19 infection and acute coronary syndrome. We describe the case of a woman who presented with an acute anterior ST‐elevation myocardial infarction managed by primary percutaneous coronary intervention, who subsequently developed severe COVID‐19 infection and ultimately succumbed to multisystem organ failure.