Acute myocardial infraction and pulmonary embolism in a same patient with COVID -19: a rare association.
Preet RandhawaParminder P SinghNirmal GuragaiParminder KaurBalraj SinghJasjit S WaliaPublished in: Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives (2021)
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is associated with a hypercoagulable state leading to increased incidence of thromboembolism. However, it is exceedingly rare to see presence of both arterial and venous thromboembolism simultaneously. Herein, we report an unusual presentation of a 39-year-old male with recently diagnosed COVID -19 who initially had acute myocardial infarction secondary to thrombotic occlusion of right coronary artery followed by acute pulmonary embolism. Health care providers should be aware of this uncommon yet possible co-existence of two life-threatening manifestations in order to prevent fatal consequences.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- coronavirus disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- sars cov
- inferior vena cava
- venous thromboembolism
- coronary artery
- liver failure
- acute myocardial infarction
- healthcare
- respiratory failure
- left ventricular
- risk factors
- aortic dissection
- pulmonary artery
- drug induced
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- hepatitis b virus
- social media
- acute coronary syndrome
- health insurance