Case of the Week
Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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March 10, 2022
A 42-year-old man who is a heavy smoker and was recently treated for COVID-19 infection presents with acute myocardial infarction treated with coronary stenting and complicated by severe metabolic acidosis, acute renal failure, and acute pancreatitis. Head CT and subsequent MRI are obtained for evaluation of rapid neurologic deterioration.