Open AccessThe Imperfect Cytokine Storm
Author(s) -
Vinh Q. Chau,
Estefanía Oliveros,
Kiran Mahmood,
Aditi Singhvi,
Anuradha Lala,
Noah Moss,
Umesh Gidwani,
Donna Mancini,
S. Pinney,
Aditya Parikh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jacc. case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2666-0849
DOI - 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.001
Subject(s) - cytokine storm , covid-19 , acute respiratory distress , pandemic , intensive care medicine , storm , medicine , imperfect , population , disease , coronavirus , cytokine release syndrome , cytokine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , immunology , virology , geography , environmental health , lung , meteorology , linguistics , philosophy , outbreak
As health systems worldwide grapple with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, patients with durable LVAD support represent a unique population at risk for the disease. This paper outlines the case of such a patient who developed COVID-19 complicated by a "cytokine storm" with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and myocardial injury and describes the challenges that arose during management.