ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a 39-year-old patient with "normal" coronary arteries as a thrombotic complication of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: We report the case of a 39-year-old male without traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), i.e. smoking, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, familial history of premature CAD, admitted with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and concurrent coronavirus disease-2019 infection. Coronary angiography showed high intracoronary thrombus burden and thrombotic occlusion of the proximal segment of left anterior descending artery, while optical coherence tomography revealed intact endothelium after thromboaspiration. <Learning objective: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) may predispose to thrombotic complications in both the venous and the arterial circulation. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), rarely, may be the main cl

SUBMITTER: Liori S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8716165 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature