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Editor, Senior Moderator
Heart Lung
. 2021 Oct 9;51:14-16.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.10.001. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 Suspected myopericarditis without pulmonary involvement
Steven Mirabella[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Oshin Bansode[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hyfaa Mashaal[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jagadish Akella[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Myopericarditis is a rare consequence of COVID-19 infection. Although extremely rare, COVID-19 can present without pulmonary involvement, and there have been reports of isolated cardiac involvement in one prior case We report a case of a young African American man presenting with myopericarditis following a recently recovered COVID-19 infection. Complicated by ICU admission requiring vasopressors; with eventual resolution following initiation of aspirin and colchicine for myopericarditis. Life threatening myopericarditis can occur following resolution of COVID-19 disease. The degree of cardiac involvement correlates poorly to the severity of pulmonary involvement.
Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; COVID-19; Cardiac; Coronavirus; Coronavirus infections; Myocarditis; Myocytes; Patient discharge; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
. 2021 Oct 9;51:14-16.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.10.001. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 Suspected myopericarditis without pulmonary involvement
Steven Mirabella[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Oshin Bansode[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hyfaa Mashaal[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jagadish Akella[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34731691
- DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.10.001
Abstract
Myopericarditis is a rare consequence of COVID-19 infection. Although extremely rare, COVID-19 can present without pulmonary involvement, and there have been reports of isolated cardiac involvement in one prior case We report a case of a young African American man presenting with myopericarditis following a recently recovered COVID-19 infection. Complicated by ICU admission requiring vasopressors; with eventual resolution following initiation of aspirin and colchicine for myopericarditis. Life threatening myopericarditis can occur following resolution of COVID-19 disease. The degree of cardiac involvement correlates poorly to the severity of pulmonary involvement.
Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; COVID-19; Cardiac; Coronavirus; Coronavirus infections; Myocarditis; Myocytes; Patient discharge; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.