Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Emerging data indicate that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may result in long-term cardiovascular complications, among which long COVID-19 myocarditis seems to be one of the most dangerous. Clinical presentation of cardiac inflammation ranges from almost asymptomatic to life-threatening conditions, including heart failure (HF) in different stages. (2) Methods: This is a retrospective case-series study that includes three adults with different clinical presentations of heart failure on grounds of myocarditis after initial COVID-19 infection. (3) Results: All patients had new-onset symptomatic HF of various severity: from a moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in one patient to significantly reduced fractions in the remaining two. Moreover, complex ventricular

SUBMITTER: Rohun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9785067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature