Angiology: Open Access
Open Access

Department of Cardiology, Imam Hosseins Hospital, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Publications

• Case Report   
  Normal Coronary Myocardial Infarction due to COVID-19: A Case Series
  Author(s): Erfan Kazemi, Mehran Gheshlaghi, Ali Mansoursamaei, Saba Homatash and Hossein Sheibani*
  
  Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 infection varied in different studies. One of these complications is myocardial infarction. A disturbance of the blood supply can lead to myocardial infarction by clot formation in the arteries. However, no evidence of significant coronary stenosis has been found in more than 50% of patients with COVID-19 and ST elevation. Case presentation: 38 and 49 years old men (patients 1 and 2) were admitted to our hospital with the complaint of typical chest pain and COVID-19 symptoms. The Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test confirmed COVID-19 in both. Patient 1 represented inferior posterior ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in his Electrocardiogram (ECG). Also, patient 2 has ST-elevation in high lateral and septal leads (I, AVL, V1, V2) and ST- segment depr.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35841/2329-9495.22.S2.004

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