Delayed Presentation of STEMI Complicated by Ventricular Septal Rupture in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic

A significant concern in current coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic era is delay in first medical contact in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), due to reluctance to visit the hospital. We report a case of delayed presentation of STEMI as ventricular septal ru...

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Main Authors: Taha Ahmed, MD, Ashoka Nautiyal, MD, Samir Kapadia, MD, Steven E. Nissen, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920306859