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. 2025 Apr 1;44(4):342-345.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004617. Epub 2024 Nov 11.

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Cardiac Findings in Young Persons Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Milissa U Jones  1 , Stephanie A Richard  2   3 , Allison M W Malloy  1 , Rhonda E Colombo  2   3   4   5 , Joseph May  6   6 , David Saunders  4 , David A Lindholm  4   7 , Anuradha Ganesan  2   3 , Ceyda Sablak  8 , Patrick W Hickey  1 , Craig P Dobson  9 , Simon D Pollett  2   3 , Ryan Flanagan  1   8   10 ; EPICC COVID-19 Cohort Study Group
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Cardiac Findings in Young Persons Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Milissa U Jones et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .

Abstract

We studied cardiac complications in young persons with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. In a prospective cohort of 127 Military Health System beneficiaries 0-22 years old, 3.1% had cardiac abnormalities, all resolved within 6 months. Our findings support guidelines against routine cardiac screening in mild COVID-19 cases without cardiac symptoms.

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Conflict of interest statement

S.D.P. reports that the Uniformed Services University (USU) Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), a US Department of Defense institution, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF) were funded under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to conduct an unrelated phase III COVID-19 monoclonal antibody immunoprophylaxis trial sponsored by AstraZeneca. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation, in support of the USU IDCRP, was funded by the Department of Defense Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense to augment the conduct of an unrelated phase III vaccine trial sponsored by AstraZeneca. Both trials were part of the US Government's COVID-19 response. Neither is related to the work presented here. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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