Acute Pericarditis Secondary to COVID-19 Infection

Arminder Singh; Lam Nguyen; Stephanie Everest; Pinang Shastri; Rahel H Alemu

doi:10.7759/cureus.20709

Acute Pericarditis Secondary to COVID-19 Infection

Cureus. 2021 Dec 26;13(12):e20709. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20709. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Authors

Arminder Singh¹, Lam Nguyen², Stephanie Everest², Pinang Shastri³, Rahel H Alemu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, USA.
² School of Medicine, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lillington, USA.
³ Cardiology, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, USA.
⁴ Cardiology, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville , USA.

Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Cardiac injuries are among the complications caused by COVID-19. This report presents the case of a 25-year-old patient hospitalized due to Coronavirus infection with the complication of recurrent acute pericarditis. The patient was treated with colchicine and high-dose ibuprofen, and the patient was then discharged in stable condition. This report demonstrates an effective treatment plan for acute pericarditis secondary to COVID-19 infection.

Keywords: covid pericarditis; nsaids; pericarditis; recurrent pericarditis; transthoracic echocardiography (tte).

Publication types

Case Reports