Open AccessHow safe are children with COVID-19 from cardiac risks? Pediatric risk assesment; insights from echocardiography and electrocardiography
Author(s) -
Berna Şaylan Çevik,
Şule Arıcı,
Zeynep Ergenç,
Eda Kepenekli,
Özge Günal,
Nurhayat Yakut
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2010-240
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , electrocardiography , cardiology , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Approximately 40 million individuals worldwide have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Despite the current literature about the cardiac effects of COVID-19 in children, more information is required. We aimed to determine both cardiovascular and arrhythmia assessment via electrocardiographic and echocardiographic parameters.