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| NUMBER 20-04: It's not ARVD! | NUMBER COVID 20-04: Subacute Perimyocarditis caused by COVID-19 infection |
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| A 20 year old man with past medical history of spontaneous left pneumothorax presented with atypical chest pain, palpitations and lightheadedness. His transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed normal left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF), with prominent right ventricle (RV) trabeculations with mildly reduced right ventricular function, and right ventricular dilation. | A 43-year-old male patient with unremarkable past medical history was admitted to the Infectious Diseases unit for suspected respiratory infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) resulting in coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). On arrival, the patient reported fever that started 14 days before and persisted for 10 days, dry cough and hemoptoic sputum. |
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