Cardiac involvement in a pediatric patient with COVID-19: Looking beyond the nonspecific global cardiac injury.
Echocardiography
; 37(9): 1488-1491, 2020 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-695320
ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 17-year-old healthy male presenting with multisystem hyperinflammatory shock temporally associated with COVID-19. Cardiac involvement was suspected based on evidence of significant cardiac injury (elevated cardiac biomarkers, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities). Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed demonstrating global biventricular systolic dysfunction, as well as a small area of T2 hyperintensity and mid-wall late gadolinium enhancement. This case discusses the varied cardiac involvement in pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection and highlights that cardiac injury is not just limited to hyperinflammatory syndrome related global dysfunction but a more focal myocarditis can also be seen.
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Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Shock
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COVID-19
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Heart Diseases
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Echocardiography
Journal subject:
Cardiology
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Diagnostic Imaging
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Echo.14814
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