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Author: Blagojevic, Nikola R.; Bosnjakovic, Dragana; Vukomanovic, Vladan; Arsenovic, Srdjan; Lazic, Jelena Suzic; Tadic, Marijana
Title: Acute pericarditis and SARS-CoV-2: case report
  • Cord-id: vugijc7r
  • Document date: 2020_9_28
  • ID: vugijc7r
    Snippet: We present a case of a 51-year-old patient with acute pericarditis as the dominant manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The patient was admitted to the emergency department during a COVID-19 outbreak with a suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiogram was normal. The real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay for the detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab was positive. The laboratory tests revealed increased white blood cell count, with neutrophilia
    Document: We present a case of a 51-year-old patient with acute pericarditis as the dominant manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The patient was admitted to the emergency department during a COVID-19 outbreak with a suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiogram was normal. The real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay for the detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab was positive. The laboratory tests revealed increased white blood cell count, with neutrophilia and lymphocytopenia, elevated level of C reactive protein, borderline ESR and slightly elevated interleukin-6. Echocardiography showed hyperechogenic pericardium posterolaterally with minimal localized pericardial effusion. A chest computed tomography scan showed a small zone of ground-glass opacity of the right lower lobe (classified as CO-RADS 3). In patients with chest pain, ST elevation on ECG, normal coronary angiogram, and suspected COVID-19, we should think of the pericarditis, as unusual SARS-CoV-2 infection presentation.

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