Ventricular Septal Rupture Complicating Delayed Acute Myocardial Infarction Presentation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Said Alsidawi, MD; Alex Campbell, MD; Ashenafi Tamene, MD; Santiago Garcia, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

Ventricular Septal Rupture Complicating Delayed Acute Myocardial Infarction Presentation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Said Alsidawi, MD,
Alex Campbell, MD,
Ashenafi Tamene, MD,
Santiago Garcia, MD

Affiliations

Said Alsidawi, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Said Alsidawi, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, 800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407.; Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alex Campbell, MD: Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ashenafi Tamene, MD: Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Santiago Garcia, MD: Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1595 – 1598

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The rate of mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction has declined. Recent publications raised concerns over the reduction in cardiac catheterization laboratory activation for ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We present 2 recent cases of ventricular septal rupture in patients who presented to our institution with delayed STEMI. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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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