Post-MI Ventricular Septal Defect During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Saurabh Joshi, MD; Faraz Nasim Kazmi, MD; Immad Sadiq, MD; Talhat Azemi, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

Post-MI Ventricular Septal Defect During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Saurabh Joshi, MD,
Faraz Nasim Kazmi, MD,
Immad Sadiq, MD,
Talhat Azemi, MD

Affiliations

Saurabh Joshi, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Saurabh Joshi, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06102.; Interventional Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut
Faraz Nasim Kazmi, MD: Interventional Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut
Immad Sadiq, MD: Interventional Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut
Talhat Azemi, MD: Interventional Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1628 – 1632

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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the fear among patients of contracting it has made them reluctant to seek medical attention on a timely basis even for emergent conditions. We present a case of post infarction ventricular septal rupture due to delayed presentation as a consequence of the fear of COVID-19. (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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