Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction during COVID-19 pandemic: An Italian single-centre experience

COVID-19 pandemic triggered in many patients the fear to go to the emergency rooms in order to avoid a possible infection. This phenomenon caused a significant reduction in acute coronary syndrome-related interventional procedures with a subsequent increase in critical hospitalizations and post-infa...

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Autores principales: Pilato, Emanuele, Pinna, Giovanni Battista, Parisi, Valentina, Manzo, Rachele, Comentale, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32980627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.09.004
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Sumario:COVID-19 pandemic triggered in many patients the fear to go to the emergency rooms in order to avoid a possible infection. This phenomenon caused a significant reduction in acute coronary syndrome-related interventional procedures with a subsequent increase in critical hospitalizations and post-infarction mechanical complications. A case series of cardiac ruptures during the COVID-19 lockdown and the surgical treatment of a huge post-ischemic cardiac pseudoaneurysm complicated by a “contained” free wall rupture are presented.

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