Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has emerged as a global pandemic with an unprecedented death toll worldwide. Although it primarily affects the respiratory tract presenting as pneumonia or acute respiratory failure, it is also known to cause significant cardiovascular complications, including acute coronary syndrome (ACS), arrhythmia, myopericarditis, cardiomyopathy, venous thromboembolism, heart failure, and cardiogenic shock. Morbidity and mortality secondary to cardiovascular complications are higher in patients with preexisting cardiovascular risk factors. Here, we present a case report of a 69-year-old male who was recently diagnosed with COVID-19 illness presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and eventually with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC), and the course was complicated by right atrial thrombus and a pulmonary embolism (PE).
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, acute hypoxic respiratory failure, saddle pulmonary embolism, 【초록키워드】 Coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus, Respiratory failure, Mortality, Pneumonia, Venous Thromboembolism, Case report, arrhythmia, global pandemic, heart failure, Shock, male, Patient, cardiovascular risk factors, death, Thrombus, respiratory tract, Myopericarditis, Myocardial infarction, Cardiomyopathy, cardiovascular complications, cardiovascular complication, acute respiratory syndrome, Affect, Course, caused, presenting, coronary syndrome, diagnosed with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 pulmonary, Embolism, Concomitant,