COVID-19 and acute myocardial injury: the heart of the matter or an innocent bystander?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA rkcheng@uw.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Editorial

Richard Cheng et al. Heart. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;106(15):1122-1124.

doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317025. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA rkcheng@uw.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; myocardial disease.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Acute myocardial injury is common in patients with COVID-19 and impairs their prognosis.
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