Dilemmas in managing acute myocardial infarction during Covid-19 pandemic

A 38-year-old man presented to emergency department with dizziness, dyspnea and diarrhea for 5 days. Serum lab data revealed lymphopenia and computed tomography imaging of the chest exhibited multiple ground-glass patches in bilateral lung fields. COVID-19 was suspected and further examination was d...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Meng-Yun, Lee, Ing-Kit, Kung, Chia-Te
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chang Gung University 2021
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7877898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34509425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2021.02.002
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description A 38-year-old man presented to emergency department with dizziness, dyspnea and diarrhea for 5 days. Serum lab data revealed lymphopenia and computed tomography imaging of the chest exhibited multiple ground-glass patches in bilateral lung fields. COVID-19 was suspected and further examination was done. But patient's dyspnea progressed while waiting for the result of COVID-19 examination and respiratory failure with cardiac arrest occurred eventually, acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed then. This article is aimed to discuss the dilemmas in managing acute myocardial infarction during COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-78778982021-02-16 Dilemmas in managing acute myocardial infarction during Covid-19 pandemic Tsai, Meng-Yun Lee, Ing-Kit Kung, Chia-Te Biomed J Brief Communication A 38-year-old man presented to emergency department with dizziness, dyspnea and diarrhea for 5 days. Serum lab data revealed lymphopenia and computed tomography imaging of the chest exhibited multiple ground-glass patches in bilateral lung fields. COVID-19 was suspected and further examination was done. But patient's dyspnea progressed while waiting for the result of COVID-19 examination and respiratory failure with cardiac arrest occurred eventually, acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed then. This article is aimed to discuss the dilemmas in managing acute myocardial infarction during COVID-19 pandemic. Chang Gung University 2021-08 2021-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7877898/ /pubmed/34509425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2021.02.002 Text en © 2021 Chang Gung University. Publishing services provided by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7877898/
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