"Covidsubo": Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy by Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 is a rapidly growing infectious disease that represents an immediate threat for the health of millions of people around the world, both in direct and indirect ways. CASE PRESENTATION In the present report we describe the development of stress cardiomyopathy in a patient who was overwhelmingly stressed by watching the news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: Physicians and scientists around the globe should be aware of the psychological consequences of COVID-19 and their potential to cause physical illness.