COVID-19 Fears May Be Worse Than the Virus: A Case of Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septum Rupture
| Autor: | Salem Gaballa, Avan AlJaf, Kyaw M Hlaing, Kashyap Patel, Jane Lindsay |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Emergency rooms Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cardiology 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Chest pain Post myocardial infarction Virus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pandemic medicine Internal Medicine left to right shunt Myocardial infarction business.industry Cardiogenic shock cardiogenic shock General Engineering medicine.disease covid-19 Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine medicine.symptom business post mi ventricular septum rupture 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there has been a growing and justifiable fear of catching the virus from the emergency rooms, thus decreasing the hospital visits. With Virginia State slowly reopening and HCA local hospitals resuming elective procedures, the number of emergency room visits, are recovering and increasing. We report a sad and unfortunate case of an 87-year-old female who was experiencing pressure-like chest pain but presented to the emergency room five days later out of fear of catching COVID-19 from the hospital. On presentation to the ED, she was found to have an non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, which required urgent stenting of the left anterior descending artery. Unfortunately, several hours later, she developed fatal cardiogenic shock due to ventricular septal rupture. We are reporting this case to highlight one of the many potential bad outcomes as a result of a delay in seeking necessary medical attention due to the fear of contracting the virus. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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