Open AccessCoronary thrombosis in a young male with COVID-19
Author(s) -
Abdullah Shams,
Fateen Ata,
Kamran Mushtaq,
Waqar Munir,
Zohaib Yousaf
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
idcases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.319
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2214-2509
DOI - 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00923
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , thrombosis , myocardial infarction , coronary thrombosis , cardiology , covid-19 , pneumonia , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Highlights• COVID-19 can present with a broad clinical spectrum of cardiac manifestations. • The procoagulant state in COVID-19 can independently increase the risk of coronary thrombosis in otherwise healthy patients. • COVID-19 patients who develop typical chest pain should be investigated for acute myocardial infarction.
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