The Spectrum of COVID-19-Associated Myocarditis: A Patient-Tailored Multidisciplinary Approach.

ABSTRACT: Myocarditis lacks systematic characterization in COVID-19 patients. We enrolled consecutive patients with newly diagnosed myocarditis in the context of COVID-19 infection. Diagnostic and treatment strategies were driven by a dedicated multidisciplinary disease unit for myocarditis. Multimodal outcomes were assessed during prospective follow-up. Seven consecutive patients (57% males, age 51 ± 9 y) with acute COVID-19 infection received a de novo diagnosis of myocarditis. Endomyocardial biopsy was of choice in hemodynamically unstable patients (n = 4, mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 25 ± 9%), whereas cardiac magnetic resonance constituted the first exam in stable patients (n = 3, mean LVEF 48 ± 10%). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis revealed an intra-myocardial SARS-Co

SUBMITTER: Peretto G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8124580 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature