Chest pain and coronary endothelial dysfunction after recovery from COVID-19: A case series

Samit M Shah; Natalija Odanovic; Steffne Kunnirickal; Attila Feher; Steven E Pfau; Erica S Spatz

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5612

Chest pain and coronary endothelial dysfunction after recovery from COVID-19: A case series

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Apr 8;10(4):e05612. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5612. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Samit M Shah^{1

2}, Natalija Odanovic¹, Steffne Kunnirickal¹, Attila Feher¹, Steven E Pfau^{1

2}, Erica S Spatz^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine Yale School of Medicine New Haven Connecticut USA.
² Veterans Affairs (VA) Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Connecticut USA.
³ Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation Yale-New Haven Health System New Haven Connecticut USA.

Abstract

Endothelial cell damage related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been described in multiple vascular beds, and many survivors of COVID-19 report chest pain. This case series describes two previously healthy middle-aged individuals who survived COVID-19 and were subsequently found to have symptomatic coronary endothelial dysfunction months after initial infection.

Keywords: COVID‐19 virus disease; angina pectoris with normal coronary arteriogram; case study; coronary artery vasospasm.

Publication types

Case Reports