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COVID-19 post-infective acute myocarditis in children presents with multisystem inflammatory syndrome mimicking Kawasaki disease, suggesting a post-infective immune complication.
This editorial reviews the current understanding of acute myocarditis as a post-infective complication of COVID-19 in pediatric patients.
Recent paediatric cases of acute myocarditis following a SARS-CoV-2 infection have raised the possibility of post-infective complications of COVID-19. This short editorial is reviewing current understanding of this new complication, its pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapeutic strategy.
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Tissières et al. (2020) conducted a review in COVID-19 post-infective acute myocarditis. COVID-19 post-infective acute myocarditis in children presents with multisystem inflammatory syndrome mimicking Kawasaki disease, suggesting a post-infective immune complication.
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