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Editorial
. 2020 Aug 4;76(5):547-549.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.06.045.

Myocardial Injury in COVID-19 Patients: The Beginning or the End?

Nir Uriel  1 , Gabriel Sayer  2 , Kevin J Clerkin  2
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Editorial

Myocardial Injury in COVID-19 Patients: The Beginning or the End?

Nir Uriel et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; myocardial injury; myocarditis.

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Interplay of Cardiovascular Disease and SARS-CoV-2 The interplay of pre-existing cardiovascular disease (arrhythmia, heart failure, coronary artery disease) and severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) (pictured with spike protein binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor) on the heart. ACE2 = angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; TMPRSS2 = transmembrane protease, serine 2.
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Comment on

  • 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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