Key result
Mild COVID-19 can trigger delayed-onset myopericarditis weeks after initial recovery.
Why the study?
Myopericarditis can occur as a delayed cardiac complication following COVID-19 infection, requiring recognition and management.
Case Report (n=1)
No
May prompt cardiac evaluation for delayed myopericarditis in young adults with post-COVID chest pain; hypothesis-generating and requires larger studies.
Pericarditis is the inflammation of the pericardial layers. Myopericarditis is diagnosed when this inflammation involves the myocardium, which is marked by elevated serum cardiac enzymes. With these two pathologies sharing overlaps in etiology, we present a case of a young patient with a recent history of COVID-19 infection who presented with pleuritic and positional chest pain with troponin I elevation and serial ECG changes attributed to myopericarditis as a post-viral sequela of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) infection. This case demonstrates the importance of identifying and managing the potential cardiac complications in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, regardless of age or symptom onset.
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Moreno et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Myopericarditis (n=1). COVID-19 infection was evaluated. A 30-year-old male developed delayed-onset myopericarditis three weeks after a mild COVID-19 infection, demonstrating the potential for post-viral cardiac complications even after initial recovery.
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