Erfan Kazemi

Department of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran

Publications

  • Case Series   
    Normal Coronary Myocardial Infarction Due to COVID-19: A Case Series
    Author(s): Erfan Kazemi40090, Mehran Gheshlaghi40091, Ali Mansoursamaei40092, Saba Homatash40093 and Hossein Sheibani40094*

    Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular complications in COVID-19 infection varied in different studies. One of these complications is Myocardial Infarction. A disturbance of the blood supply can lead to Myocardial Infarction by clot formation in the arteries. However, no evidence of significant coronary stenosis has been found in more than 50% of patients with COVID-19 and ST elevation. Case presentation: 38 and 49 years old men (patients 1, 2) were admitted to our hospital with the complaint of typical chest pain and COVID-19 symptoms. The Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test confirmed COVID-19 in both. Patient 1 represented inferior posterior ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in his Electrocardiogram (ECG). Also, patient 2 has ST-elevation in high lateral and septal leads (I, Augmented Vector Left (AVL), V1, V2).. Read More»
    DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.13.7.483-486

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