COVID-19 associated viral myocarditis: does it exist? | Zendy

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COVID-19 associated viral myocarditis: does it exist?

Author(s) -

Vaishali Verma,

Sachin Sondhi,

Rajesh Sharma,

Kunal Mahajan

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

monaldi archives for chest disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 2465-101X

pISSN - 1122-0643

DOI - 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1382

Subject(s) - myocarditis , covid-19 , coronavirus , pandemic , viral myocarditis , medicine , virology , troponin , respiratory system , disease , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , myocardial infarction , outbreak

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a lethal pandemic that has claimed millions of lives worldwide. While respiratory involvement is the most common and most virulent manifestation of COVID-19, there is enough data to suggest that myocardial injury reflected through elevated troponin levels is seen in around 7-28% of patients and is related with increased morbidity and mortality.

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