Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient With Myocardial Infarction and COVID-19

We present the case of a patient with myocardial infarction and COVID-19 disease who developed hemorrhagic pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. The differential diagnosis included post-infarction pericarditis and mechanical complications, thrombolysis, Dressler syndrome, and viral pericarditi...

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Published in:	JACC. Case reports Vol. 2; no. 12; pp. 2021 - 2023
Main Authors:	García-Cruz, Edgar, Manzur-Sandoval, Daniel, Lazcano-Díaz, Emmanuel Adrián, Soria-Castro, Elizabeth, Jiménez-Becerra, Silvia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Inc 01-10-2020 Elsevier
Subjects:	coronavirus myocardial infarction tamponade COVID-19 coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 tamponade TTE myocardial infarction
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Summary:	We present the case of a patient with myocardial infarction and COVID-19 disease who developed hemorrhagic pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. The differential diagnosis included post-infarction pericarditis and mechanical complications, thrombolysis, Dressler syndrome, and viral pericarditis. The histopathologic examination of the pericardial tissue sample and electron microscopic examination established the diagnosis. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) [Display omitted]
ISSN:	2666-0849 2666-0849
DOI:	10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.042