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Pediatrics
. 2020 Aug;146(2):e20201509.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1509.
Acute Fulminant Myocarditis in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 Infection
Diego Lara[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Thomas Young[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Kamill Del Toro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Victor Chan[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Cora Ianiro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kenneth Hunt[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jake Kleinmahon[SUP] 3 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The majority of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) display pulmonary disease; however, a significant portion of patients have cardiac injury as well, with a high incidence of myocarditis documented in the adult population. Pediatric disease from COVID-19 has been relatively rare, and no cases of virus-related cardiac disease have been published. We present a case of an adolescent girl with fulminant myocarditis with complete heart block, elevated troponin I levels, and severely depressed systolic function in the setting of COVID-19 infection.
. 2020 Aug;146(2):e20201509.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1509.
Acute Fulminant Myocarditis in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 Infection
Diego Lara[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Thomas Young[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Kamill Del Toro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Victor Chan[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Cora Ianiro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kenneth Hunt[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jake Kleinmahon[SUP] 3 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32747591
- DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-1509
Abstract
The majority of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) display pulmonary disease; however, a significant portion of patients have cardiac injury as well, with a high incidence of myocarditis documented in the adult population. Pediatric disease from COVID-19 has been relatively rare, and no cases of virus-related cardiac disease have been published. We present a case of an adolescent girl with fulminant myocarditis with complete heart block, elevated troponin I levels, and severely depressed systolic function in the setting of COVID-19 infection.