Complication of Late Presenting STEMI Due to Avoidance of Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Diana Otero, MD; Narayana Sarma V. Singam, MD; Neil Barry, DO; Prafull Raheja, MD; Alisya Solankhi, BS; Naresh Solankhi, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

Complication of Late Presenting STEMI Due to Avoidance of Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Diana Otero, MD,
Narayana Sarma V. Singam, MD,
Neil Barry, DO,
Prafull Raheja, MD,
Alisya Solankhi, BS,
Naresh Solankhi, MD

Affiliations

Diana Otero, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Diana Otero, University of Louisville, 201 Abraham Flexner Way, Suite 600, Louisville, Kentucky 40202.; Cardiovascular Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Narayana Sarma V. Singam, MD: Cardiovascular Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Neil Barry, DO: Cardiovascular Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Prafull Raheja, MD: Cardiovascular Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Alisya Solankhi, BS: Cardiovascular Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Naresh Solankhi, MD: Cardiovascular Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1610 – 1613

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Patients are avoiding hospitals for fear of contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). We are witnessing a re-emergence of rare complications of myocardial infarctions (MI) due to delayed revascularization. Herein, we describe a case of hemorrhagic pericarditis from thrombolytics administered to a patient with late presenting MI. (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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