Papillary Muscle Rupture Due to Delayed STEMI Presentation in a Patient Self-Isolating for Presumed COVID-19

Katherine J. Kunkel, MD; Saif Anwaruddin, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

Papillary Muscle Rupture Due to Delayed STEMI Presentation in a Patient Self-Isolating for Presumed COVID-19

Katherine J. Kunkel, MD,
Saif Anwaruddin, MD

Affiliations

Katherine J. Kunkel, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Katherine J. Kunkel, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Saif Anwaruddin, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1633 – 1636

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A 57-year-old man acutely developed chest tightness and dyspnea. Given concern that his symptoms were consistent with COVID-19, the patient self-isolated. After 1 week of worsening symptoms, the patient presented with hypoxia and hypotension. He was found to have an occluded right coronary artery and ruptured posteromedial papillary muscle. (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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