Late Onset Occurrence of Concomitant Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patient: A Case Report

Abstract

Antonio Ianniciello,1 Emilio Attena,2 Gerardo Carpinella,3 Ambra Uccello,4 Ciro Mauro,3 Vincenzo Russo1 1Department of Medical Translational Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy; 2Cardiology Unit, Monaldi and Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy; 3Cardiology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy; 4Cardiology Unit, Marcianise Hospital, Caserta Health Authority, Caserta, ItalyCorrespondence: Vincenzo Russo, Department of Medical Translational Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Monaldi Hospital, Piazzale E. Ruggieri, Naples, 80131, Italy, Email [email protected]: We described the case of a 68-year-old COVID-19 patient with hypertension and dyslipidemia who discontinued the cardiovascular medications during hospitalization and experienced a late onset occurrence of concomitant ST-elevation myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke at resolution of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.Keywords: COVID-19, stroke, myocardial infarction, thrombotic events, discontinuation, cardiovascular therapies

Keywords

• covid-19
• stroke
• myocardial infarction
• thrombotic events
• discontinuation
• cardiovascular therapies