Surge in Delayed Myocardial Infarction Presentations: An Inadvertent Consequence of Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
ACS, acute coronary syndrome
COVID-19, coronavirus disease-2019
LV, left ventricle
MI, myocardial infarction
SARS-Cov-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2
STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
coronary angiography
myocardial infarction
percutaneous coronary intervention
Journal
JACC. Case reports
ISSN: 2666-0849
Titre abrégé: JACC Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101757292
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
11
05
2020
revised:
06
07
2020
accepted:
07
07
2020
entrez:
26
8
2020
pubmed:
26
8
2020
medline:
26
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This case series summarizes our experience of delayed acute myocardial infarction presentations during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic predominantly driven by patient fear of contracting the virus in the hospital. Many presented with complications rarely seen in the primary percutaneous coronary intervention era including ventricular septal rupture, left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, and right ventricular infarction. (
Identifiants
pubmed: 32839760
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.004
pii: S2666-0849(20)30872-X
pmc: PMC7438070
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1642-1647Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
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