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. 2020 May 12;4(FI1):1–6. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa133
Day 1 Presentation to the Emergency Department with acute coronary syndrome and NSTEMI.
Presence of ECG ST-T abnormalities in the precordial lead and ecocardiographic left ventricular wall motion abnormalities
Day 1 Coronary angiography demonstated an LAD complex culprit lesion that was identified angiographically as a spontaneous coronary dissection (SCAD).
PCI was performed with a good final result and no procedural complications
Day 2 The patient had fever with suspicion of COVID-19. A swab test was performed to confirm the diagnosis.
Day 3 Real-time PCR confirmation of COVID-19 infection
Day 3 The patient was transferred in a dedicated COVID-19 hospital to continue the isolation
Day 3–9 Pharmacological treatment for COVID-19 was only supportive without use of antivirals. The patients had a favourable course of CIVID-19 with no symptoms of pneumonia
Day 12 Patient discharged from the dedicated COVID-19 hospital after two negative tests for SARS-CoV-2 performed at 24-h intervals.