Annals of Intensive Care (Jul 2020)

SARS-CoV-2 post-infective myocarditis: the tip of COVID-19 immune complications?

  • Pierre Tissières,
  • Jean-Louis Teboul

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-020-00717-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract Recent paediatric cases of acute myocarditis following a SARS-CoV-2 infection have raised the possibility of post-infective complications of COVID-19. This short editorial is reviewing current understanding of this new complication, its pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapeutic strategy.

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