M. Dabbagh, L. Aurora, Penny D’Souza, A. Weinmann, P. Bhargava, Mir B. Basir
2020.4.23JACC: Case Reports
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A 67-year-old woman presented with upper respiratory symptoms and was diagnosed with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with echocardiographic signs of tamponade and mild left ventricular impairment.
Abstract
A 67-year-old woman presented with upper respiratory symptoms and was diagnosed with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). She was found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with echocardiographic signs of tamponade and mild left ventricular impairment. Clinical course was complicated by development of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. She was treated with pericardiocentesis, colchicine, corticosteroids, and hydroxychloroquine, with improvement in symptoms. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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DABBAGH, M., et al. Cardiac tamponade secondary to COVID-19. JACC: Case Reports, 2020, 2: 1326–1330.