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. 2021 Sep 28;5(10):ytab386. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytab386
Time Events
Admission
  • Malaise, dyspnoea, and cough over 2 days

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 + (nasal swap)

  • Remdesivir and dexamethason

Day 5 after admission
  • Acute coronary syndrome and cardiogenic shock

  • Coronary angiography w/o conclusive explanation (chronic thrombotic occlusion of the marginal branches of the left coronary artery circumflex branch)

  • Echo: severely reduced biventricular function [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 15%], with global hypo-/to akinesia

Day 7 [Day 2 intensive care unit (ICU)]
  • Neurological symptoms

  • Thrombocytopenia, acute kidney injury, and haemolytic anaemia with schistocytes → suspicion of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/thrombotic microangiopathy

Day 8 (Day 3 ICU)
  • Begin renal replacement therapy (RRT), steroid pulse, and therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE)

Day 15 (Day 10 ICU)
  • 7th TPE sessions without improvement

Day 16 (Day 11 ICU)
  • Eculizumab 800 mg i.v.

Day 17 (Day 12 ICU)
  • Stop RRT, first day of increasing platelets, estimated glomerular filtration rate 40 mL/min

Day 18 (Day 13 ICU)
  • Stop inotropy

Day 19 (normal ward)
  • Echo: LVEF to 41%

Day 32
  • Complete remission/discharge (normalized platelet counts, absence of schistocytes)