Abstract

FARFAN MOREIRA, Alex Iván; BELTRAN CEVALLOS, Andrés Medardo  and  OCHOA ANDRADE, Miguel Jacob. Infarto agudo de miocardio asociado a COVID-19. Informe de caso. Rev Eug Esp [online]. 2022, vol.16, n.1, pp.112-121. ISSN 2661-6742.  https://doi.org/10.37135/ee.04.13.12.

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.

Keywords : Myocardial Infarction; Coronavirus Infections; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

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