Key result
COVID-19 linked to acute fulminant myocarditis and complete heart block in an adolescent girl.
Why the study?
While COVID-19 cardiac injury and myocarditis had been documented in adults, pediatric COVID-19 disease was relatively rare, with no published cases of virus-related cardiac disease.
Population
An adolescent girl with COVID-19 infection
Design
Case report
Authors
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Warrants vigilance for cardiac complications in pediatric COVID-19; single case leaves open incidence and management.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights that pediatric patients with COVID-19 can develop severe cardiac complications such as fulminant myocarditis and complete heart block.
Lara et al. (2020) conducted a case report in COVID-19 infection with acute fulminant myocarditis (n=1). COVID-19 infection was evaluated on Fulminant myocarditis with complete heart block, elevated troponin I levels, and severely depressed systolic function. An adolescent girl with COVID-19 infection developed acute fulminant myocarditis with complete heart block, elevated troponin I levels, and severely depressed systolic function.
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