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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2022 Feb 16;14(2):e22282.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.22282. eCollection 2022 Feb.
SARS-CoV-2 Complicated by a Large Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion
Nardine Abdelsayed[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Benjamin Mckinney[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mary Carter[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), primarily a respiratory virus, has also presented with cardiac complications including myocarditis, myocardial infarction, and cardiac arrhythmias. Pericardial effusions are also emerging in the literature as a sequel to this viral infection. A case of a 57-year-old Hispanic female with SARS-CoV-2 infection two months prior with worsening dyspnea on exertion who was found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with early tamponade physiology was presented in this article. This case highlights the rare complication and the importance of bedside echocardiogram in patients with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection who present with shortness of breath and other signs of pericardial effusion.
Keywords: cardiac tamponade; covid-19; hemorrhagic effusion; pericardial effusion; sars-cov-2.
. 2022 Feb 16;14(2):e22282.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.22282. eCollection 2022 Feb.
SARS-CoV-2 Complicated by a Large Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion
Nardine Abdelsayed[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Benjamin Mckinney[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mary Carter[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35350491
- PMCID: PMC8932404
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.22282
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), primarily a respiratory virus, has also presented with cardiac complications including myocarditis, myocardial infarction, and cardiac arrhythmias. Pericardial effusions are also emerging in the literature as a sequel to this viral infection. A case of a 57-year-old Hispanic female with SARS-CoV-2 infection two months prior with worsening dyspnea on exertion who was found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with early tamponade physiology was presented in this article. This case highlights the rare complication and the importance of bedside echocardiogram in patients with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection who present with shortness of breath and other signs of pericardial effusion.
Keywords: cardiac tamponade; covid-19; hemorrhagic effusion; pericardial effusion; sars-cov-2.