STEMI with COVID19 and DKA

Today we discussed a case of a middle aged man with diabetes and hyperlipidemia who presented with subacute viral illness and acute pressure like chest pain, found to have COVID19, and on EKG with ST elevation in lateral leads with 80% LAD occlusion on cardiac cath, as well as DKA.

Study of Acute MI Hospitalizations in Kaiser Northern California
Paper from New York Presbytarian and Columbia proposing a pathway for STEMI at the current time at their institutions given limited capacity.

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