https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2417
An unexpected cause of chest pain, dyspnea and palpitations in a young patient during a post-COVID syndrome
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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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Cacciapuoti, Fulvio, Ilaria Caso, Mario Crisci, Fabio Minicucci, and Federico Cacciapuoti. 2022. “An Unexpected Cause of Chest Pain, Dyspnea and Palpitations in a Young Patient During a Post-COVID Syndrome”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 93 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2417.
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