RT Book, Section
A1 De La Cruz, Angel
A1 Singh, Amandeep
A2 Saad, Muhammad
A2 Vittorio, Timothy J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1183948602
T1 COVID-19 and Cardiogenic Shock
T2 COVID-19 and the Heart: A Case-Based Pocket Guide
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264266708
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1183948602
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  patient  is  a  61-year-old  woman  with  medical  history  significant  for  hypertension,  type  2  diabetes  mellitus,  hyperlipidemia,  coronary  artery  disease,  chronic  kidney  disease,  and  chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease  who  presented  to  the  hospital  with  complaints  of  chest  pain  and  shortness  of  breath.  When  the  patient  arrived  at  the  emergency  department,  she  reported  that  the  first  symptom  she  experienced  was  shortness  of  breath.  Shortness  of  breath  started  about  3  days  before  presentation  with  progressive  worsening.  Chest  pain  started  36  hours  ago  with  gradual  increase  in  intensity.  Chest  pain  was  described  as  left  sided,  10/10,  dull  like,  radiating  to  the  epigastric  area,  and  not  improved  with  aspirin.  The  patient  reported  pain  was  worse  with  exertion.  Symptoms  were  associated  with  mild  dry  cough,  body  aches,  and  fever.  No  runny  nose,  orthopnea,  paroxysmal  nocturnal  dyspnea,  palpitations,  or  lower  extremity  edema.  She  also  denied  abdominal  pain,  nausea,  vomiting,  and  changes  in  bowel  or  bladder  habits.  The  patient’s  husband  had  fever  and  cough  for  the  last  2  weeks.