An unexpected cause of chest pain, dyspnea and palpitations in a young patient during a post-COVID syndrome

Fulvio Cacciapuoti; Ilaria Caso; Mario Crisci; Fabio Minicucci; Federico Cacciapuoti

doi:10.4081/monaldi.2022.2417

An unexpected cause of chest pain, dyspnea and palpitations in a young patient during a post-COVID syndrome

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2022 Nov 14;93(3). doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2022.2417.

Authors

Fulvio Cacciapuoti¹, Ilaria Caso², Mario Crisci³, Fabio Minicucci⁴, Federico Cacciapuoti⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples. fulvio.cacciapuoti@hotmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples. ilaria.caso@ospedalideicolli.it.
³ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Monaldi Hospital, Naples. mario.crisci@ospedalideicolli.it.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, San Leonardo Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Naples. fabio.minicucci@tin.it.
⁵ Chair of Internal Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples. federico.cacciapuoti@apple.com.

PMID: 36382808
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2022.2417

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19* / complications
Chest Pain / diagnosis
Chest Pain / etiology
Dyspnea / diagnosis
Dyspnea / etiology
Humans
Male
Syndrome