id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-289816-rlwoy8ms Tedeschi, Delio Acute myocardial infarction and large coronary thrombosis in a patient with COVID‐19 2020-08-07 .txt text/plain 1450 74 41 This is a case report of a 60‐year‐old male, without any cardiovascular risk factor and no cardiac history admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Due to high levels of proinflammatory mediators, diffuse coronary thrombosis could occur even in patients without cardiac history or comorbidities. This clinical case suggests that coronary thrombosis in COVID‐19 patients may be unresponsive to optimal pharmacological (GP IIb–IIIa infusion) and mechanical treatment (PCI). The chest X-ray revealed evidence of pneumonia with bilateral multiple interstitial ill-defined patchy opacities ( When admitted, the patient was treated with dexamethasone (12 mg iv), hydroxychloroquine (200 mg twice daily), antiviral drugs (lopinavir/ritonavir-2 tablets 200/50 mg twice daily), oxygen support (Venturi mask FiO2 40%), antibiotic prophylaxis with ceftriaxone (2 g iv), and venous thromboembolic (VTE) prophylaxis with enoxaparin (4,000 U.I. sc). Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China ./cache/cord-289816-rlwoy8ms.txt ./txt/cord-289816-rlwoy8ms.txt