Furthermore, recent data from 115 patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and concurrent COVID-19 infection indicated that there was a strong trend toward higher thrombus burden and poorer outcomes. 36 Interestingly, other data from a recent case of STEMI have indicated the presence of microvascular thrombi accounting for the dismal outcome of this STEMI patient in the absence of epicardial vessel occlusion. 37 Another case of STEMI in a COVID
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