Cardiology - Case Reports
Vol. 93 No. 3 (2023)
An unexpected cause of chest pain, dyspnea and palpitations in a young patient during a post-COVID syndrome
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Received: 22 August 2022
Accepted: 3 November 2022
Accepted: 3 November 2022
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A 31-year-old male presented with sudden onset of chest pain and dyspnea after a COVID-19 infection. Initially labeled as a myopericarditis related to COVID-19, because of the young age and low risk profile, after a multiparametric evaluation was possible to diagnose and treat an unstable lesion on an intermediate branch of left coronary.
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“An Unexpected Cause of Chest Pain, Dyspnea and Palpitations in a Young Patient During a Post-COVID Syndrome”. 2022. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 93 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2417.
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