A 32-year-old young man, without cardiovascular risk factors, sought an Emergency Unit due to severe chest pain 30 minutes before admission, without irradiation. Admission vital signs: T 36.1°C, heart rate of 89 bpm and peripheral O2 saturation of 96% in room air. During systematic interrogation, anosmia and ageusia were reported two days ago and fever or any other respiratory symptom was denied.
He was previously healthy and denied use of illicit drugs or previous history of angina. He denies a family history of acute myocardial infarction or coronary artery disease.
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Acute Myocardial Infarction with Coronary Thrombosis in a Covid-19 Patient without Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
VianaT, BezerraMLBG, MeloRMV, BezerraCG, MamédioV, DouradoGP, FigueiredoCS, et al. Acute Myocardial Infarction with Coronary Thrombosis in a Covid-19 Patient without Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2021;116(3):511-5.
Viana,Tainá; Bezerra,Mariana Lins Baptista Guedes; Melo,Rodrigo Morel Vieira de; Bezerra,Cristiano Guedes; Mamédio,Vítor; Dourado,Gabriela Pio; Figueiredo,Clara Salles; Passos,Luiz Carlos Santana. Acute Myocardial Infarction with Coronary Thrombosis in a Covid-19 Patient without Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease. Arq. Bras. Cardiol., v. 116, n. 3, p. 511-515, Mar. 2021.
Viana,T., Bezerra,M.L.B.G., Melo,R.M.V. , Bezerra,C.G., Mamédio,V., Dourado,G.P., Figueiredo,C.S., & Passos,L.C.S. (2021). Acute Myocardial Infarction with Coronary Thrombosis in a Covid-19 Patient without Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease. Arq. Bras. Cardiol.,116(3), 511-515.
Viana,Tainá and Bezerra,Mariana Lins Baptista Guedes and Melo,Rodrigo Morel Vieira de and Bezerra,Cristiano Guedes and Mamédio,Vítor and Dourado,Gabriela Pio and Figueiredo,Clara Salles and Passos,Luiz Carlos Santana. Acute Myocardial Infarction with Coronary Thrombosis in a Covid-19 Patient without Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. [online]. 2021, vol. 116, n. 3, [cited 2025-09-06], pp.511-515. Available from: <https://abccardiol.org/en/article/acute-myocardial-infarction-with-coronary-thrombosis-in-a-covid-19-patient-without-risk-factors-for-cardiovascular-disease/>. ISSN 0066-782X.
Figure 1
Eletrocardiogram of the admission. Electrocardiogram revealed ST segment elevation in DII, DIII and aVF and ST-segment depression in DI and aVL, compatible with inferior acute myocardial infarction.