1. Intraventricular Conundrum in a SARS-CoV-2–Positive Patient With Elevated Biomarkers of Myocardial Injury
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María L. Servato, MD, Filipa X. Valente, MD, Laura Gutiérrez García-Moreno, MD, Guillem Casas, MD, Rubén Fernández-Galera, MD, Gemma Burcet, MD, Gisela Teixidó-Tura, MD, PhD, Hug Cuéllar Calabria, MD, PhD, Ignacio Ferreira González, MD, PhD, and José F. Rodríguez-Palomares, MD, PhD
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cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) ,computed tomography ,COVID-19 ,echocardiography ,myocarditis ,thrombus ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
We present a case of acute myocarditis with left ventricular dysfunction and intracavitary thrombosis in a 55-year-old man with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection (coronavirus disease 2019) who was admitted with bilateral atypical pneumonia. The patient was treated with anticoagulation and optimal heart failure therapy and had an improvement of left ventricular function and thrombus resolution. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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- 2021
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