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Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series
(1) Background: Emerging data indicate that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may result in long-term cardiovascular complications, among which long COVID-19 myocarditis seems to be one of the most dangerous. Clinical presentation of cardiac inflammation ranges from almost asymptomatic to life-threateni...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9785067/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36547424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9120427 |
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author | Rohun, Justyna Dorniak, Karolina Faran, Anna Kochańska, Anna Zacharek, Dariusz Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Ludmiła |
author_facet | Rohun, Justyna Dorniak, Karolina Faran, Anna Kochańska, Anna Zacharek, Dariusz Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Ludmiła |
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description | (1) Background: Emerging data indicate that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may result in long-term cardiovascular complications, among which long COVID-19 myocarditis seems to be one of the most dangerous. Clinical presentation of cardiac inflammation ranges from almost asymptomatic to life-threatening conditions, including heart failure (HF) in different stages. (2) Methods: This is a retrospective case-series study that includes three adults with different clinical presentations of heart failure on grounds of myocarditis after initial COVID-19 infection. (3) Results: All patients had new-onset symptomatic HF of various severity: from a moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in one patient to significantly reduced fractions in the remaining two. Moreover, complex ventricular arrhythmias were present in one case. All patients had confirmed past myocarditis in cardiac magnetic resonance. With optimal medical treatment, cardiac function improved, and the symptoms subsided in all cases. (4) Conclusions: In COVID-19 patients, long COVID myocarditis may be one of the severe complications of this acute disease. The heterogeneity in clinical symptoms and a paucity of specific diagnostic procedures expose the patient to the significant risk of misdiagnosing and further HF development. |
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spelling | pubmed-97850672022-12-24 Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series Rohun, Justyna Dorniak, Karolina Faran, Anna Kochańska, Anna Zacharek, Dariusz Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Ludmiła J Cardiovasc Dev Dis Article (1) Background: Emerging data indicate that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may result in long-term cardiovascular complications, among which long COVID-19 myocarditis seems to be one of the most dangerous. Clinical presentation of cardiac inflammation ranges from almost asymptomatic to life-threatening conditions, including heart failure (HF) in different stages. (2) Methods: This is a retrospective case-series study that includes three adults with different clinical presentations of heart failure on grounds of myocarditis after initial COVID-19 infection. (3) Results: All patients had new-onset symptomatic HF of various severity: from a moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in one patient to significantly reduced fractions in the remaining two. Moreover, complex ventricular arrhythmias were present in one case. All patients had confirmed past myocarditis in cardiac magnetic resonance. With optimal medical treatment, cardiac function improved, and the symptoms subsided in all cases. (4) Conclusions: In COVID-19 patients, long COVID myocarditis may be one of the severe complications of this acute disease. The heterogeneity in clinical symptoms and a paucity of specific diagnostic procedures expose the patient to the significant risk of misdiagnosing and further HF development. MDPI 2022-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9785067/ /pubmed/36547424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9120427 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rohun, Justyna Dorniak, Karolina Faran, Anna Kochańska, Anna Zacharek, Dariusz Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz, Ludmiła Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series |
title | Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series |
title_full | Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series |
title_fullStr | Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series |
title_full_unstemmed | Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series |
title_short | Long COVID-19 Myocarditis and Various Heart Failure Presentations: A Case Series |
title_sort | long covid-19 myocarditis and various heart failure presentations: a case series |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9785067/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36547424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9120427 |
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