Late Onset Occurrence of Concomitant Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patient: A Case Report

Antonio Ianniciello; Emilio Attena; Gerardo Carpinella; Ambra Uccello; Ciro Mauro; Vincenzo Russo

doi:10.2147/IJGM.S370297

Late Onset Occurrence of Concomitant Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patient: A Case Report

Int J Gen Med. 2022 Aug 16:15:6621-6626. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S370297. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Antonio Ianniciello¹, Emilio Attena², Gerardo Carpinella³, Ambra Uccello⁴, Ciro Mauro³, Vincenzo Russo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Translational Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy.
² Cardiology Unit, Monaldi and Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy.
³ Cardiology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy.
⁴ Cardiology Unit, Marcianise Hospital, Caserta Health Authority, Caserta, Italy.

Abstract

We described the case of a 68-year-old COVID-19 patient with hypertension and dyslipidemia who discontinued the cardiovascular medications during hospitalization and experienced a late onset occurrence of concomitant ST-elevation myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke at resolution of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.

Keywords: COVID-19; cardiovascular therapies; discontinuation; myocardial infarction; stroke; thrombotic events.

Publication types

Case Reports