Successful treatment of acute heart failure in COVID-19-induced cytokine storm with tocilizumab: a case report

BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 is known to induce a cytokine storm, a hyperinflammatory state driven by up-regulation of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and immunomodulatory chemokines that may result in acute heart failure. CASE SUMMARY: A 65-year-old woman with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 developed shock with multiorgan sy...

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Autores principales: Chitturi, Kalyan R, Thacker, Sameer, Al-Saadi, Mukhtar A, Kassi, Mahwash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33089052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa188

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33089052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa188

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