Coronary Artery Dilation in an Asymptomatic Pediatric Patient with COVID19 Antibodies

We describe a 16-year-old asymptomatic male who presented with coronary artery dilation (z score + 2.3) identified on echo performed solely for presence of COVID-19 antibodies. This case raises the question of whether cardiac screening should be considered for all patients with a history of COVID-19...

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Autores principales: Gerber, Nicole, Flynn, Patrick A., Holzer, Ralf J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7865102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33547936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00246-021-02566-5
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spelling pubmed-78651022021-02-09 Coronary Artery Dilation in an Asymptomatic Pediatric Patient with COVID19 Antibodies Gerber, Nicole Flynn, Patrick A. Holzer, Ralf J. Pediatr Cardiol Case Report We describe a 16-year-old asymptomatic male who presented with coronary artery dilation (z score + 2.3) identified on echo performed solely for presence of COVID-19 antibodies. This case raises the question of whether cardiac screening should be considered for all patients with a history of COVID-19. Springer US 2021-02-06 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7865102/ /pubmed/33547936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00246-021-02566-5 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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