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Editor, Senior Moderator
JACC Case Rep
. 2020 Oct 12.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.031. Online ahead of print.
Reversible Myocardial Injury Associated with SARS-CoV-2 in an Infant
Madhu Sharma[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Samuel Gorstein[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Margaret L Aldrich[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Daphne T Hsu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nadine F Choueiter[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has been associated with myocardial dysfunction and heart failure in adult patients. We report a case of reversible myocardial injury and heart failure in an infant with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019; CRP, C-Reactive Protein; CXR, chest radiograph; DOI, day of illness; ECG, electrocardiogram; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NT pro-BNP, N-terminal pro-B Natriuretic Peptide; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; Pediatrics; Reversible myocardial injury; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; TnT, Troponin T.
. 2020 Oct 12.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.031. Online ahead of print.
Reversible Myocardial Injury Associated with SARS-CoV-2 in an Infant
Madhu Sharma[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Samuel Gorstein[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Margaret L Aldrich[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Daphne T Hsu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nadine F Choueiter[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33073245
- PMCID: PMC7550045
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.031
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has been associated with myocardial dysfunction and heart failure in adult patients. We report a case of reversible myocardial injury and heart failure in an infant with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019; CRP, C-Reactive Protein; CXR, chest radiograph; DOI, day of illness; ECG, electrocardiogram; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NT pro-BNP, N-terminal pro-B Natriuretic Peptide; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; Pediatrics; Reversible myocardial injury; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; TnT, Troponin T.