Papillary Muscle Rupture Due to Delayed STEMI Presentation in a Patient Self-Isolating for Presumed COVID-19

A 57-year-old man acutely developed chest tightness and dyspnea. Given concern that his symptoms were consistent with COVID-19, the patient self-isolated. After 1 week of worsening symptoms, the patient presented with hypoxia and hypotension. He was found to have an occluded right coronary artery an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kunkel, Katherine J., Anwaruddin, Saif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: SCAI
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7837035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33521677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.036
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Sumario:A 57-year-old man acutely developed chest tightness and dyspnea. Given concern that his symptoms were consistent with COVID-19, the patient self-isolated. After 1 week of worsening symptoms, the patient presented with hypoxia and hypotension. He was found to have an occluded right coronary artery and ruptured posteromedial papillary muscle. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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