A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Luiz Eduardo Fonteles Ritt
, Mateus S. Viana
, Gustavo Freitas Feitosa, Adriano Martins de Oliveira, Fabio Solano Souza
, [...]
Luiz Eduardo Fonteles Ritt
, Mateus S. Viana
, Gustavo Freitas Feitosa, Adriano Martins de Oliveira, Fabio Solano Souza
, [...]
Discussion Considering the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, quarantine periods have been declared in several cities in Brazil and worldwide, and people have been instructed to maintain social distancing in order to contain the rapid spread of the virus. Taken to the extreme, fear of becoming infected may result in typical symptoms of ACS being neglected or erroneously attributed to other less probable causes, delaying treatment and imposing avoidable risks to patients’ lives. We report a typical case of ACS in a patient […]
Keywords: Cineangiography; Coronavirus; Echocardiography / methods; Fear; Pandemics; Panic; Risk Factors; ST Myocardial Infarction