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Clinical Case 2
A 65 year old post-MI (last year), hypertensive (5 years), obese man visited his son in
South Korea from February 8-16, 2020. Upon arrival in Manila his temperature was 38.9
C with intermittent cough, and headache.
After 3 days his fever persisted and complained of fatigue, shortness of breath and chest
tightness on exertion.
In the hospital, chest X-ray showed bilateral ground glass opacities on both lower lung
fields, and ECG showed premature ventricular complexes, QT prolongation and infarct.
SARS-CoV-2 PCR test was positive.
He complained of severe chest pains and dyspnea on his 3rd hospital day. Troponin levels
were noted to be high. He eventually expired after 2 days.

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