Does SARS-CoV-2 cause viral myocarditis in COVID-19 patients?

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Ruihai Zhou. Eur Heart J. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 7;41(22):2123.

doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa392.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 160 Dental Circle, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7075, USA.

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