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Covid−19 and Simultaneous Thrombosis of Two Coronary Arteries

Abstract

Raphael Rossi Ferreira

Since the first documented outbreak of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome inducing Coronavirus in China at the end of 2019, the virus has spread to all continents. Multiple authors have reported an increased rate of thrombo-embolic events in affected patients. 31-year-old male, without any cardiovascular risk factor admitted to hospital with an elevation of Troponin I after seven days of coronavirus diagnosis. Cardiac magnet resonance imaging revealed the presence two infarcts and coronary angiography showed thrombus in right coronary and left anterior descending arteries. We present a serious acute cardiac event in the context of a paucisymptomatic Coronavirus infection.