Key result
A 40-year-old male with a recent COVID-19 infection developed acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade, which successfully resolved following pericardiocentesis and medical therapy.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights that acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade can occur as a delayed complication 2-3 weeks after COVID-19 infection, requiring prompt diagnosis and management.
A rare case of acute pericarditis in a patient with a previous COVID‑19 infection is analyzed in a clinical follow‑up. The anamnesis of the disease, the clinical picture of the disease, the dynamics of laboratory and instrumental indicators are described. The complexity of identifying the causative agent of the infectious process and the difficulty of selecting etiotropic therapy is demonstrated. The recommendations of the European Society of Cardiology for the diagnosis and treatment of pericardial diseases (ESC2015) were taken into account and applied in practice. The article presents an overview of clinical cases of pericarditis in patients with COVID‑19 according to international publications, the results are compared with the clinical case presented by the authors.
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Gribanov et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Acute pericarditis associated with COVID-19 (n=1). Pericardiocentesis and medical therapy (antibiotics, NSAIDs, corticosteroids) was evaluated on Resolution of pericarditis and clinical improvement. A 40-year-old male with a recent COVID-19 infection developed acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade, which successfully resolved following pericardiocentesis and medical therapy.
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