Myocardial infarction complicated by cardiac arrest revealing SARS-COV-2 infection: Case report

Autor: Ghizlane El aidouni, Nabila Ismaili, Amine Bouabdallaoui, Houssam Bkiyar, Mohamed Aabdi, Choukri Bahouh, Salma Taouihar, Bahim Housni, Manal Merbouh, Nouha El ouafi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
ISSN: 2049-0801
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102484
Popis: Introduction COVID19 infection is most often reveled by pulmonary symptoms, however cardiovascular manifestations has been observed revealing this infection with absence of respiratory symptoms. Clinical case A 62 year old female patient, with no medical history, admitted to the emergency room for epigastric pain, with no respiratory signs, the exploration revealed myocardial infarction with COVID 19 infection. Conclusion COVID19 infection manifest mainly with respiratory symptoms but it can also be revealed by cardiac manifestations with absence of respiratory symptoms. Physicians must be aware of these atypical manifestations and act accordingly to isolate patients to limit the spread of this disease.
Highlights •COVID-19 might be revealed by cardiac manistations in the absence of repiratory symptoms. •Cardiac manifestation as a severe complication of COVID-19
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