Cureus . Coronavirus Disease 2019 Associated Acute Myocardial Infarction and Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report

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Cureus


. 2022 Nov 7;14(11):e31216.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.31216. eCollection 2022 Nov.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Associated Acute Myocardial Infarction and Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report


Henry Mann ¹ , Aysham Chaudry ² , Tsering Dolkar ¹ , Alix Dufresne ³



Affiliations

• PMID: 36505116
• PMCID: PMC9729071
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.31216

Abstract

In the last two years since the inception of the Coronavirus pandemic, there have been a myriad of reports and studies related to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We present a unique case of COVID-19 associated with both acute myocardial infarction and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AFIB) in an elderly lady which is the first reported case to the best of our knowledge. The patient was symptomatic with acute COVID-19 and developed a type 2 myocardial infarction with new-onset AFIB. The patient also developed sepsis which may have contributed to the development of AFIB.

Keywords: acute hypoxic respiratory failure; atrial fibrillation; coronavirus 19; myocardial infarction; new onset afib; nstemi.