A Hypothetical Intervention to Prevent Acute Myocardial Injury among Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease and SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Published: 2021-09-09
Page: 248-256
Issue: 2021 - Volume 4 [Issue 1]
Kolitha H. Sellahewa *
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Rathmalana, Sri Lanka and Department of Internal Medicine, Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital, Millenium Drive, Malabe, Sri Lanka.
Dhilmi Suriyarachchi
District General Hospital Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Tharindu Ruwanpathiranage
National Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Acute myocardial injury in SARS-CoV-2 infection results from myocarditis and coronary thrombosis initiated by destabilisation of existing and newly generated plaques. Appropriately timed dual antiplatelet therapy with statins early in the disease course is a hypothesised preventive management pathway.
Keywords: Acute myocardial injury, dual antiplatelet and statin therapy in SARS-CoV-2 infection