Cardiac Dysfunction and Shock in Pediatric Patients With COVID-19

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been reported to cause significant morbidity in adults, with reportedly a lesser impact on children. Cardiac dysfunction has only been described in adults thus far. We describe 3 cases of previously healthy children presenting with shock and COVID-19–related c...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Krittika, Kaplan, Daniel, Bakar, Adnan, Jennings, John F., Hayes, Denise A., Mahajan, Siddharth, Misra, Nilanjana, Mitchell, Elizabeth, Sweberg, Todd M., Taylor, Matthew D., Capone, Christine A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Congenital/Pediatric Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7301074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32835268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.082
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Sumario:Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been reported to cause significant morbidity in adults, with reportedly a lesser impact on children. Cardiac dysfunction has only been described in adults thus far. We describe 3 cases of previously healthy children presenting with shock and COVID-19–related cardiac inflammation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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