The Imperfect Cytokine Storm
oleh: Vinh Q. Chau, MD, Estefania Oliveros, MD, Kiran Mahmood, MD, Aditi Singhvi, MD, Anuradha Lala, MD, Noah Moss, MD, Umesh Gidwani, MD, Donna M. Mancini, MD, Sean P. Pinney, MD, Aditya Parikh, MD
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2020-07-01 |
Deskripsi
As health systems worldwide grapple with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, patients with durable LVAD support represent a unique population at risk for the disease. This paper outlines the case of such a patient who developed COVID-19 complicated by a “cytokine storm” with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and myocardial injury and describes the challenges that arose during management.