Management of a patient presenting with anterior STEMI with concomitant COVID‐19 infection early in the course of the U.S. pandemic

• Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 97; no. 3; pp. E333 - E338
• Main Authors: Rothstein, Eric S., Welch, Terrence D., Andrus, Bruce W., Jayne, John E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 15.02.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular system; Case Report; Coronary Artery Disease; Coronaviridae; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - therapy; cytokine Storm; Delayed Diagnosis; Fatal Outcome; Female; Humans; Infections; Myocardial infarction; Pandemics; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Respiratory distress syndrome; revascularization; SARS‐CoV‐2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - therapy; ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction - virology; Vermont; Vermont; SARS-CoV-2; revascularization; cytokine Storm; myocardial infarction
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28967
• ISSN: 1522-1946

The coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) is a viral illness with heterogenous clinical manifestations, ranging from mild symptoms to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and shock caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2. The global healthcare community is rapidly learning more about the effects of COVID‐19 on the cardiovascular system, as well as the strategies for management of infected patients with cardiovascular disease. There is minimal literature available surrounding the relationship between COVID‐19 infection and acute coronary syndrome. We describe the case of a woman who presented with an acute anterior ST‐elevation myocardial infarction managed by primary percutaneous coronary intervention, who subsequently developed severe COVID‐19 infection and ultimately succumbed to multisystem organ failure.