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Review
. 2021 Aug;16(5):1123-1129.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-021-02635-w. Epub 2021 Jan 23.

Myocarditis in COVID-19 patients: current problems

Donato Mele  1 , Filippo Flamigni  2 , Claudio Rapezzi  2   3 , Roberto Ferrari  2   3
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Review

Myocarditis in COVID-19 patients: current problems

Donato Mele et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Myocarditis has been reported as a possible clinical presentation or complication in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 due to SARS-CoV-2. Despite the alarm that this possibility generated among physicians, there is paucity of information about mechanisms, prevalence, prognosis, diagnosis and therapy of myocarditis in the context of COVID-19. This brief review has the goal to revise and summarize current knowledge on myocarditis in COVID-19 patients and underline problems especially related to diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords: COVID-19; Endotheliitis; Myocarditis; SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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