| Literature DB >> 33758721 |
Brian Foster1, Adnan Liaqat1, Anjula Chib1, Scott S Bolton2, Arthur C Kendig3.
Abstract
A 44-year-old woman with a history of factor V Leiden deficiency and recurrent pulmonary emboli was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) three weeks prior presented to her local ED with severe chest pain. She was found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion by cardiac MRI with echocardiographic signs of tamponade. She underwent the creation of a pericardial window and was treated with colchicine with improvement in symptoms.Entities:
Keywords: cardiac tamponade; covid; covid and heart; covid pericarditis; covid-19; hemorrhagic pericardial effusion; hemorrhagic pericarditis; mri cardiac; pericardial effusion; viral pericarditis
Year: 2021 PMID： 33758721 PMCID： PMC7978392 DOI： 10.7759/cureus.13438
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN： 2168-8184