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. 2022 Feb 21;27(2):73.
doi: 10.31083/j.fbl2702073.

COVID-19 and myocarditis: a brief review

Fatma Taher  1 , Athar Eysa  2 , Dalia Fahmy  3 , Ahmed Shalaby  2 , Ali Mahmoud  2 , Moumen El-Melegy  4 , Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel Razek  3 , Ayman El-Baz  2
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COVID-19 and myocarditis: a brief review

Fatma Taher et al. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). .
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Abstract

Cardiovascular complications (especially myocarditis) related to COVID-19 viral infection are not well understood, nor do they possess a well recognized diagnostic protocol as most of our information regarding this issue was derived from case reports. In this article we extract data from all published case reports in the second half of 2020 to summarize the theories of pathogenesis and explore the value of each diagnostic test including clinical, lab, ECG, ECHO, cardiac MRI and endomyocardial biopsy. These tests provide information that explain the mechanism of development of myocarditis that further paves the way for better management.

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

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