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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

02/02/2021

Pubmed ID

33521677

Pubmed Central ID

PMC7837035

DOI

10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.036

Abstract

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.).

Author List

Kunkel KJ, Anwaruddin S

Author

Saif Anwaruddin MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin