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Acute Heart Failure in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the Context of Global SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Zahra Belhadjer,
Mathilde Méot,
Fanny Bajolle,
Diala Khraiche,
Antoine Legendre,
Samya Abakka,
Johanne Auriau,
Marion Grimaud,
Mehdi Oualha,
Maurice Beghetti,
Julie Wacker,
Caroline Ovaert,
Sébastien Hascoët,
Maëlle Sélégny,
Sophie MalekzadehMilani,
Alice Maltret,
Gilles Bosser,
Nathan Giroux,
Laurent Bonnemains,
Jeanne Bordet,
Sylvie Di Filippo,
Pierre Mauran,
Sylvie FalconEicher,
J.-B. Thambo,
Bruno Lefort,
Pamela Moceri,
Lucile Houyel,
Sylvain Renolleau,
Damien Bonnet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.120.048360
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , heart failure , macrophage activation syndrome , context (archaeology) , myocarditis , cardiology , disease , paleontology , biology
Cardiac injury and myocarditis have been described in adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children is typically minimally symptomatic. We report a series of febrile pediatric patients with acute heart failure potentially associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children as defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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