COVID-19 presenting as myocardial infarction in a young female: A rare case report

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 has increased incidence of thrombotic incidents due to its pro thrombotic state. Ever since the initiation of this pandemic in 2020, there has been an increased mortality due to complications arising due to COVID-19 infection. One of the leading causes of mortality in COVID-19 patients besides the respiratory distress has been myocardial infarction. In the discussion of Acute Myocardial Infarction, posterior wall myocardial infarction has always been difficult to diagnose. It is a challenging to diagnose as well as manage Posterior Wall myocardial infarction which is often missed on routine electrocardiogram in the emergency department. We report a case of a young female aged 32 year old who presented with COVID-19 induced Posterior Wall myocardial infarction. Though the cases of myocardial infarction in people with prior comorbidities and in older age group are common this a rare case report show casing a young female who developed myocardial infarction which later turned out to be posterior wall myocardial infarction induced by COVID-19.