Postcardiac injury syndrome, peripheral hematoma of ascending aorta, and cerebral infarction after PCI: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postcardiac injury syndrome (PCIS) is an inflammatory response syndrome characterized by pericardial effusion with or without pleural effusion; however, serious PCIS with peripheral hematoma of the ascending aorta and acute cerebral infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have not been reported.

Case presentation

This article reports a very rare case of a 40-year-old patient who developed acute pericardial and pleural effusions (both bloody), acute respiratory distress, peripheral hematoma of the ascending aorta, and acute cerebral infarction after PCI. The patient's ECG showed bow-back downward ST elevation in leads I, II, III, and V4-V6. A blood test showed significant increases in eukaryotic-cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), an

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333298 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature