Background: Occurring in approximately 30% of hospitalized patients, cardiovascular complications that take place during the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been shown to cause morbidity and mortality. This case is the first report of extensive right coronary artery (RCA) thrombosis that was evaluated by intracoronary imaging and intracoronary invasive physiology in a patient with COVID-19.
Case Summary: A 62-year-old woman presented with flu-like symptoms; ten days later, she presented with inferior ST-segment elevations, chest pain, dyspnea, nausea and vomiting. The patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 following a positive test result. Emergency angiography of the RCA and its branches indicated intraluminal filling defects, suggesting a thrombus. Intravascular ultrasound confirmed a subacute thrombus in the RCA, the right posterior descending branch and the right posterior ventricular (RPV) branch. There was also an acute thrombus in the RPV branch and atherosclerosis in the RCA. Dual antiplatelet/ anticoagulation therapy was administered. After 7 d, angiography revealed complete disappearance of the thrombi. Optical coherence tomography confirmed this with the exception of a small thrombus in the RPV branch and atherosclerotic plaque in the RCA. The atherosclerotic RCA was measured using the resting full-cycle ratio, indicating no impairment to coronary physiology. The patient was discharged on the 11 day of hospitalization and remained asymptomatic through the 6-mo follow-up.
Conclusion: This was the first report of RCA thrombosis in a patient with COVID-19. Dual antiplatelet/anticoagulation therapy was successful.
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