Key result
MERS-CoV infection is linked to acute myocarditis and acute-onset heart failure.
Population
A 60-year-old man presenting with pneumonia and congestive heart failure, positive for Middle East…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to possible MERS-CoV myocarditis; case report leaves open incidence and causality.
Case Report (n=1)
No
This case report provides the first evidence that MERS-CoV can cause acute myocarditis and acute-onset heart failure.
Tariq Alhogbani (2016) conducted a case report in Acute myocarditis associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) (n=1). Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection can cause acute myocarditis and acute-onset heart failure, as demonstrated in a 60-year-old male patient.
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