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COVID-19 serology-based testing in pericarditis: a case report

Author(s) -

Sara Schukraft,

JeanLuc Magnin,

Stphane Cook

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

cardiovascular medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1664-204X

pISSN - 1664-2031

DOI - 10.4414/cvm.2020.02115

Subject(s) - medicine , pericardial effusion , covid-19 , pericarditis , serology , cardiology , chest pain , ejection fraction , radiology , antibody , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , heart failure , immunology , outbreak

Recently published studies have shown that cardiac complications are not uncommon in patients with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease. We describe the case of a 55-year-old female presenting with chest pain after having had influenza-like symptoms. Chest computed tomography showed a circumferential pericardial effusion, confirmed by transthoracic echocardiography with a normal left ventricular ejection fraction. The nasopharyngeal swab was negative, but the use of a rapid test identified COVID-19 antibodies, revealing the infectious cause of the pericarditis.

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