SARS-CoV-2 inflames the heart. The importance of awareness of myocardial injury in COVID-19 patients

Affiliations

¹ Transplant Center and "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: enrico.ammirati@ospedaleniguarda.it.
² Division of Cardiology and Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Editorial

Enrico Ammirati et al. Int J Cardiol. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 15:311:122-123.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.03.086. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

¹ Transplant Center and "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: enrico.ammirati@ospedaleniguarda.it.
² Division of Cardiology and Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

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