Extensive Coronary Thrombosis as a Sequelae of COVID-19 Presenting as a STEMI

Muhammad Madkour; Javad Savoj; Syed Iftikhar; Alain Waked

doi:10.7759/cureus.15258

Extensive Coronary Thrombosis as a Sequelae of COVID-19 Presenting as a STEMI

Cureus. 2021 May 26;13(5):e15258. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15258.

Authors

Muhammad Madkour¹, Javad Savoj², Syed Iftikhar², Alain Waked³

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, University of California Riverside School of Medicine/Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, USA.
² Cardiology, University of California Riverside School of Medicine/Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, USA.
³ Interventional Cardiology, Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, USA.

Abstract

Thrombotic complications, in particular ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), have been described in active Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. This is a result of systemic inflammation that often leads to endothelial activation, microvascular thrombosis and a hypercoagulable state. However, it is unknown how long patients who have cleared the COVID-19 infection remain at risk for coronary thrombosis as a sequela of disease burden. We present a case of a patient who presented three to four weeks following the initial infection.

Keywords: coronary artery angiography; coronary artery thrombosis; covid19; hypercoagulable; st-segment elevation myocardial infarction (stemi).

Publication types

Case Reports