COVID-19 myocarditis: a case report

• Author(s): Yokoo,Patrícia ; Fonseca,Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes ; Sasdelli Neto,Roberto ; Ishikawa,Walther Yoshiharu ; Silva,Murilo Marques Almeida ; Yanata,Elaine ; Chate,Rodrigo Caruso ; Nunes Filho,Antonio Carlos Bacelar ; Bettega,Marcelo ; Fernandes,João Ricardo Cordeiro ; Tarasoutchi,Flávio ; Szarf,Gilberto
• Date: 2020
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Subject(s): Coronavirus; COVID-19; Coronavirus infections; Myocarditis; Cardiomyopathies; Communicable diseases; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Pneumonia; Echocardiography; Tomography, X-ray computed
• Document Type: Report
• Language: English

Description

ABSTRACT A male patient with flu-like symptoms and tomography and laboratory diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome. He developed acute cardiac dysfunction during admission and was submitted to a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging examination, which confirmed acute myocarditis, indicating cardiac involvement by coronavirus disease 2019. A review and discussion about coronavirus disease 2019-related cardiac manifestations are reported, focusing on the imaging findings to make diagnosis.