Unexpected sudden death on arrival in a healthy middle-aged man associated with COVID-19-related diffuse cardiac injury : A case report
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging respiratory infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 has been reported to lead to acute cardiac injury, but previous research indicated that the mechanism is different from that of other viruses and remains poorly understood. Herein, we describe a case of COVID-19-associated sudden death, in a healthy 47-year-old man after developing diffuse cardiac necrosis. Two days before death, the patient developed general malaise without respiratory symptoms. The patient's fatigue worsened with time, and he ultimately developed cardiac arrest in an ambulance; however, resuscitation was unsuccessful. Antigen testing performed at the hospital revealed that the patient was positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus. At autopsy, contraction band necrosis was observed insularly in all areas of the myocardium. CD42b immunohistochemical staining indicated platelet aggregation in the microvessels around the cardiac necrosis area, suggesting COVID-19 can be fatal for healthy people by microcirculatory disturbance due to diffuse cardiac injury arising from platelet activiation. This unique mechanism can be a novel therapeutic target of COVID-19-related cardiac injury.
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2024 |
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Heliyon - 10(2024), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite e23460 |
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Englisch |
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Isozaki, Shotaro [VerfasserIn] |
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