Papillary Muscle Rupture Due to Delayed STEMI Presentation in a Patient Self-Isolating for Presumed COVID-19. JACC Case Rep 2020 Aug;2(10):1633-1636
Date
02/02/2021Pubmed ID
33521677Pubmed Central ID
PMC7837035DOI
10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.036Abstract
A 57-year-old man acutely developed chest tightness and dyspnea. Given concern that his symptoms were consistent with COVID-19, the patient self-isolated. After 1 week of worsening symptoms, the patient presented with hypoxia and hypotension. He was found to have an occluded right coronary artery and ruptured posteromedial papillary muscle. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).