急性COVID-19肺炎揭示一个大左心室髓瘤
Linle Hou1, Joshua S Newman2, Joseph You3
1Division of Cardiology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
概括
一名患有严重COVID-19肺炎的患者偶然发现了一个大心房肌瘤. 这种心脏瘤导致了阻塞生理学,需要紧急手术切除.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 在瘤学瘤学.
背景情况:
- 心房肌瘤是最常见的初级心脏瘤,通常呈现出栓塞性,阻塞性或宪法性症状.
- 2019年急性冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 肺炎是一种严重的呼吸系统疾病,可能会导致系统性并发症.
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