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“Covidsubo”: Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy by Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019
Author(s) -
Efstratios Koutroumpakis,
Travis R. Taylor,
Srikanth Damaraju,
Shamim Badruddin Mawji
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1421-9751
pISSN - 0008-6312
DOI - 10.1159/000511450
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , cardiomyopathy , globe , disease , coronavirus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , intensive care medicine , virology , cardiology , pathology , outbreak , heart failure , ophthalmology
COVID-19 is a rapidly growing infectious disease that represents an immediate threat for the health of millions of people around the world, both in direct and indirect ways. Case Presentation: In the present report we describe the development of stress cardiomyopathy in a patient who was overwhelmingly stressed by watching the news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: Physicians and scientists around the globe should be aware of the psychological consequences of COVID-19 and their potential to cause physical illness.

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