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Comment
. 2020 Aug;17(8):454.
doi: 10.1038/s41569-020-0408-6.

Myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19

Gregory B Lim  1
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Comment

Myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19

Gregory B Lim. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

In patients with COVID-19, myocardial injury is prevalent and is associated with an adverse prognosis and increased mortality, according to two retrospective cohort studies from China and the USA.

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  • Acute myocardial injury is common in patients with COVID-19 and impairs their prognosis.
    Wei JF, Huang FY, Xiong TY, Liu Q, Chen H, Wang H, Huang H, Luo YC, Zhou X, Liu ZY, Peng Y, Xu YN, Wang B, Yang YY, Liang ZA, Lei XZ, Ge Y, Yang M, Zhang L, Zeng MQ, Yu H, Liu K, Jia YH, Prendergast BD, Li WM, Chen M. Wei JF, et al. Heart. 2020 Aug;106(15):1154-1159. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317007. Epub 2020 Apr 30. Heart. 2020. PMID: 32354798 Free PMC article.
  • Prevalence and Impact of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection.
    Lala A, Johnson KW, Januzzi JL, Russak AJ, Paranjpe I, Richter F, Zhao S, Somani S, Van Vleck T, Vaid A, Chaudhry F, De Freitas JK, Fayad ZA, Pinney SP, Levin M, Charney A, Bagiella E, Narula J, Glicksberg BS, Nadkarni G, Mancini DM, Fuster V; Mount Sinai COVID Informatics Center. Lala A, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Aug 4;76(5):533-546. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.06.007. Epub 2020 Jun 8. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020. PMID: 32517963 Free PMC article.

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