Acute myocardial infarction associated with COVID-19. Case report
Journal Title: Revista Eugenio Espejo - Year 2022, Vol 16, Issue 1
Abstract
The case of a 43-year-old male patient is presented, who is admitted with a clinical picture characterized by Chest pain of an oppressive type with irradiation to the neck and jaw, whose intensity was 8/10 according to the analogous visual pain scale (VAS). In addition, he manifested diaphoresis, dyspnea on small efforts, hyposmia and ageusia. The determined diagnosis was coronavirus infection plus myocardial infarction. The extraordinary conditions generated by the Covid-19 pandemic led to an intervention by fibrinolytic treatment being decided, obtaining positive results.
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Alex Iván Farfán Moreira Andrés Medardo Beltrán Cevallos Miguel Jacob Ochoa Andrade
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