SARS-CoV-2: a potential novel etiology of fulminant myocarditis

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¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095# Jiefang Ave., 430030, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Forensic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095# Jiefang Ave., 430030, Wuhan, China. dwwang@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.

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Chen Chen et al. Herz. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;45(3):230-232.

doi: 10.1007/s00059-020-04909-z.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095# Jiefang Ave., 430030, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Forensic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095# Jiefang Ave., 430030, Wuhan, China. dwwang@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.

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Conflict of interest statement

C. Chen, Y. Zhou and D.W. Wang declare that they have no competing interests.

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