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Comment
. 2020 Jun 7;41(22):2080-2082.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa447.

Myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 infection

Allan S Jaffe  1 , John G F Cleland  2 , Hugo A Katus  3
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Myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 infection

Allan S Jaffe et al. Eur Heart J. .
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Possible mechanisms for myocardial injury (an increased cTn value) in patients with COVID-19. Based on present data, orange boxes denote common aetiologies. Yellow boxes denote uncommon causes, and red boxes denote situations that are common with COVID-19 disease and may have a role in causing cardiac injury in some patients. MI, myocardial infarction; RV, right ventricular; VTE, venous thromboembolism.
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