Open AccessCardiac implications of multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 in children under the age of 5 years
Author(s) -
Shaimaa Rakha,
Ali Sobh,
A. Hager,
Mona Hafez,
Gehan Attia Alsawah,
Mohamed Magdi Abuelkheir,
Mayada Sabry Zeid,
Mohamed Nahas,
Hala Elmarsafawy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cardiology in the young
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1467-1107
pISSN - 1047-9511
DOI - 10.1017/s1047951121003140
Subject(s) - medicine , myopericarditis , myocarditis , pediatrics , ectasia , disease , cardiology
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is responsible for significant lung disease in adults. Despite mild manifestations in most children, multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 is well described in older children with cardiac manifestations. However, MIS-C-related cardiac manifestations are not as well described in younger children.