Why the study?
While respiratory complications of COVID-19 have been well publicized, understanding of its nonpulmonary complications is lacking.
COVID-19 can present initially with severe, life-threatening nonpulmonary complications such as myopericarditis and cardiac tamponade.
Warrants vigilance for tamponade in select COVID-19 cases; single report leaves open incidence, causality, and management.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel disease with various complications involving different organ systems caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. While the respiratory complications associated with COVID-19 have been well publicized, our understanding of the nonpulmonary complications of COVID-19 is lacking. Herein we present a case of a middle-aged woman who developed myopericarditis, pericardial effusion, and tamponade in the setting of COVID-19 infection.
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