Acute Multivessel Coronary Occlusion Revealing COVID-19 in a Young Adult

Sandra Zendjebil, MD; Michel Zeitouni, MD; Marc Batonga, MD; Nathan El Bèze, MD; Paul Guedeney, MD; Jean-Philippe Collet, MD, PhD; Rémi Choussat, MD; Johanne Silvain, MD, PhD; Gilles Montalescot, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Acute Multivessel Coronary Occlusion Revealing COVID-19 in a Young Adult

Sandra Zendjebil, MD,
Michel Zeitouni, MD,
Marc Batonga, MD,
Nathan El Bèze, MD,
Paul Guedeney, MD,
Jean-Philippe Collet, MD, PhD,
Rémi Choussat, MD,
Johanne Silvain, MD, PhD,
Gilles Montalescot, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Sandra Zendjebil, MD: ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Michel Zeitouni, MD: ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Marc Batonga, MD: ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Nathan El Bèze, MD: ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Paul Guedeney, MD: ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Jean-Philippe Collet, MD, PhD: ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Rémi Choussat, MD: ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Johanne Silvain, MD, PhD: ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Gilles Montalescot, MD, PhD: Address for correspondence: Prof. Gilles Montalescot, ACTION Study Group, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.; ACTION (Allies in Cardiovascular Trials Initiatives and Organized Networks) Study Group, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMRS 1166, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 9
pp. 1297 – 1301

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A 42-year-old man was admitted for an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction revealing an acute thrombosis of the left anterior descending and right coronary arteries. Following this acute multivessel coronary occlusion in a young individual at low cardiovascular risk, he tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 infection. (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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