Surge in Delayed Myocardial Infarction Presentations

Kulin Shah, MD; Delphine Tang, MD; Fady Ibrahim, MD; Bobby Ghosh, MD; Sabha Bhatti, MD; Ehimare Akhabue, MD; Tudor Vagaonescu, MD; Ramzan Zakir, MD; Abdul Hakeem, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

Surge in Delayed Myocardial Infarction Presentations

Kulin Shah, MD,
Delphine Tang, MD,
Fady Ibrahim, MD,
Bobby Ghosh, MD,
Sabha Bhatti, MD,
Ehimare Akhabue, MD,
Tudor Vagaonescu, MD,
Ramzan Zakir, MD,
Abdul Hakeem, MD

Affiliations

Kulin Shah, MD: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Delphine Tang, MD: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Fady Ibrahim, MD: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Bobby Ghosh, MD: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Sabha Bhatti, MD: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Ehimare Akhabue, MD: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Tudor Vagaonescu, MD: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Ramzan Zakir, MD: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Abdul Hakeem, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Abdul Hakeem, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, 51 French Street, MEB 5th Floor, #578B, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.; Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1642 – 1647

Abstract

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This case series summarizes our experience of delayed acute myocardial infarction presentations during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic predominantly driven by patient fear of contracting the virus in the hospital. Many presented with complications rarely seen in the primary percutaneous coronary intervention era including ventricular septal rupture, left ventricular pseudoaneurysm, and right ventricular infarction. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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