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COVID-19 Fears May Be Worse Than the Virus: A Case of Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septum Rupture.
Gaballa, Salem; AlJaf, Avan; Patel, Kashyap; Lindsay, Jane; Hlaing, Kyaw M.
  • Gaballa S; Internal Medicine, LewisGale Medical Center, Salem, USA.
  • AlJaf A; Internal Medicine, LewisGale Medical Center, Salem, USA.
  • Patel K; Internal Medicine, LewisGale Medical Center, Salem, USA.
  • Lindsay J; Internal Medicine, LewisGale Medical Center, Salem, USA.
  • Hlaing KM; Internal Medicine, LewisGale Medical Center, Salem, USA.
Cureus ; 12(6): e8809, 2020 Jun 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-623209
ABSTRACT
Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there has been a growing and justifiable fear of catching the virus from the emergency rooms, thus decreasing the hospital visits. With Virginia State slowly reopening and HCA local hospitals resuming elective procedures, the number of emergency room visits, are recovering and increasing. We report a sad and unfortunate case of an 87-year-old female who was experiencing pressure-like chest pain but presented to the emergency room five days later out of fear of catching COVID-19 from the hospital. On presentation to the ED, she was found to have an non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, which required urgent stenting of the left anterior descending artery. Unfortunately, several hours later, she developed fatal cardiogenic shock due to ventricular septal rupture. We are reporting this case to highlight one of the many potential bad outcomes as a result of a delay in seeking necessary medical attention due to the fear of contracting the virus.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Case report Language: English Journal: Cureus Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Cureus.8809