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JACC: Case Reports

Volume 2, Issue 10, August 2020, Pages 1610-1613
JACC: Case Reports

Mini-Focus Issue: SCAI
Case Report: Clinical Case
Complication of Late Presenting STEMI Due to Avoidance of Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Abstract

Patients are avoiding hospitals for fear of contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). We are witnessing a re-emergence of rare complications of myocardial infarctions (MI) due to delayed revascularization. Herein, we describe a case of hemorrhagic pericarditis from thrombolytics administered to a patient with late presenting MI. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Key Words

complication
COVID-19
myocardial infarction
STEMI

Abbreviations and Acronyms

COVID-19
coronavirus disease-2019
MI
myocardial infarction
SARS- CoV-2
severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2
STEMI
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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