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Eur Cardiol
. 2020 Jun 17;15:e51.
doi: 10.15420/ecr.2020.16. eCollection 2020 Feb.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Myocarditis: Insights Into Pathophysiology and Management
Mahmoud Abdelnabi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nouran Eshak[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Yehia Saleh[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Abdallah Almaghraby[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
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Abstract
The world is dealing with a global pandemic of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2, is overwhelming healthcare systems around the world. Although the main clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are respiratory symptoms, several reports have noted myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias and cardiac arrests as COVID-19 complications. Here, the authors highlight the current understanding of the pathophysiology of myocarditis related to COVID-19 and its management.
Keywords: COVID-19; cytokine storm; immunomodulation; myocarditis.
. 2020 Jun 17;15:e51.
doi: 10.15420/ecr.2020.16. eCollection 2020 Feb.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Myocarditis: Insights Into Pathophysiology and Management
Mahmoud Abdelnabi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nouran Eshak[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Yehia Saleh[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Abdallah Almaghraby[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 32617120
- PMCID: PMC7325211
- DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2020.16
Abstract
The world is dealing with a global pandemic of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2, is overwhelming healthcare systems around the world. Although the main clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are respiratory symptoms, several reports have noted myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias and cardiac arrests as COVID-19 complications. Here, the authors highlight the current understanding of the pathophysiology of myocarditis related to COVID-19 and its management.
Keywords: COVID-19; cytokine storm; immunomodulation; myocarditis.