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Extensive Coronary Thrombosis as a Sequelae of COVID-19 Presenting as a STEMI

Thrombotic complications, in particular ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), have been described in active Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. This is a result of systemic inflammation that often leads to endothelial activation, microvascular thrombosis and a hypercoagulable state. How...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Madkour, Muhammad, Savoj, Javad, Iftikhar, Syed, Waked, Alain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8232980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34188996
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15258
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Sumario:Thrombotic complications, in particular ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), have been described in active Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. This is a result of systemic inflammation that often leads to endothelial activation, microvascular thrombosis and a hypercoagulable state. However, it is unknown how long patients who have cleared the COVID-19 infection remain at risk for coronary thrombosis as a sequela of disease burden. We present a case of a patient who presented three to four weeks following the initial infection.