Pediatric life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 with myocarditis
ML Oberweis, A Codreanu, W Boehm… - The Pediatric …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
ML Oberweis, A Codreanu, W Boehm, D Olivier, C Pierron, C Tsobo, M Kohnen…
The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2020•journals.lww.comWe report the case of a pediatric life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 who presented
as myocarditis with heart failure. Clinicians should be aware of this severe presentation of
the disease in children, possibly linked to an exaggerated inflammatory host immune
response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
as myocarditis with heart failure. Clinicians should be aware of this severe presentation of
the disease in children, possibly linked to an exaggerated inflammatory host immune
response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
Abstract
We report the case of a pediatric life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 who presented as myocarditis with heart failure. Clinicians should be aware of this severe presentation of the disease in children, possibly linked to an exaggerated inflammatory host immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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