Lessons of the month 3: ST-elevation myocardial infarction and left ventricular thrombus formation: an arterial thrombotic complication of severe COVID-19 infection
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Seshnag Siddavaram; SA Husain; Conn Sugihara; Matthew Fenton
- Source
- Clin Med (Lond)
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Pneumonia, Viral
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Fatal Outcome
Fibrinolytic Agents
Internal medicine
D-dimer
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Continuous positive airway pressure
Myocardial infarction
Pandemics
Aged, 80 and over
Noninvasive Ventilation
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
business.industry
Lessons of the Month
Warfarin
COVID-19
Thrombosis
General Medicine
Thrombolysis
Left ventricular thrombus
medicine.disease
Pathophysiology
Etiology
Cardiology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
business
Coronavirus Infections
medicine.drug
- Language
- ISSN
- 1473-4893
We describe a case of an 82-year-old man who developed an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and left ventricular thrombus while an inpatient following a diagnosis of severe COVID-19 infection (SARS-CoV-2). His D-dimer was significantly elevated at 12,525 ng/mL (normal range