Open AccessCOVID-19 associated viral myocarditis: does it exist?
Author(s) -
Verma Vaishali,
Sachin Sondhi,
Rajesh Sharma,
Kunal Mahajan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
monaldi archives for chest disease. pulmonary series/monaldi archives for chest disease/monaldi archives for chest disease. cardiac series
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.