Acute myocarditis presenting as a reverse Tako-Tsubo syndrome in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infection

Simone Sala¹, Giovanni Peretto^{1

2}, Mario Gramegna³, Anna Palmisano^{2

4}, Andrea Villatore², Davide Vignale⁴, Francesco De Cobelli^{2

4}, Moreno Tresoldi⁵, Alberto Maria Cappelletti³, Cristina Basso⁶, Cosmo Godino⁷, Antonio Esposito^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmology, Myocarditis Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
² School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Experimental Imaging Center, Radiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Unit of General Medicine and Advanced Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Cardiovascular Pathology, Padua University, Padua, Italy.
⁷ Department of Clinical Cardiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Case Reports

Simone Sala et al. Eur Heart J. 2020.

. 2020 May 14;41(19):1861-1862.

doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa286.

¹ Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmology, Myocarditis Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
² School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Experimental Imaging Center, Radiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Unit of General Medicine and Advanced Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Cardiovascular Pathology, Padua University, Padua, Italy.
⁷ Department of Clinical Cardiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

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Does SARS-CoV-2 cause viral myocarditis in COVID-19 patients?
Zhou R. Zhou R. Eur Heart J. 2020 Jun 7;41(22):2123. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa392. Eur Heart J. 2020. PMID: 32363381 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Acute myocardial injury, MINOCA, or myocarditis? Improving characterization of coronavirus-associated myocardial involvement.
Peretto G, Sala S, Caforio ALP. Peretto G, et al. Eur Heart J. 2020 Jun 7;41(22):2124-2125. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa396. Eur Heart J. 2020. PMID: 32363406 Free PMC article. No abstract available.