Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction during COVID-19 pandemic: An Italian single-centre experience.
Heart Lung
; 49(6): 779-782, 2020.
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ABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic triggered in many patients the fear to go to the emergency rooms in order to avoid a possible infection. This phenomenon caused a significant reduction in acute coronary syndrome-related interventional procedures with a subsequent increase in critical hospitalizations and post-infarction mechanical complications. A case series of cardiac ruptures during the COVID-19 lockdown and the surgical treatment of a huge post-ischemic cardiac pseudoaneurysm complicated by a "contained" free wall rupture are presented.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article