Acute Myocardial Infarction and COVID-19 in a Known Case of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Arch Iran Med. 2021 Apr 1;24(4):339-340. doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.48.

Abstract

Since the emergence of novel coronavirus and the disease named as COVID-19 in late December of 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, many aspects of this disease have been reported in the literature (mainly pulmonary manifestations). In patients with COVID-19, rheumatic and cardiovascular manifestations and interactions were reported separately, but they were all very rare. This is the report of a 14-year-old teenager with GPA (previously known as Wegner's granulomatosis) who was in remission with immunosuppressive therapy. Post COVID-19 infection, she developed exacerbation of her disease. Besides the rheumatologic manifestations, she developed epigastric pain found to be acute myocardial infarction (MI) that needed primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Keywords: COVID-19; Granulomatosis; Myocardial infarction; Polyangiitis; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis*
  • COVID-19 / therapy
  • Female
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / complications*
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy