Pediatric Life-Threatening Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Myocarditis
Marie-Laure Oberweis, Andreï Codreanu, W. Boehm, Damien Olivier, Charlotte Pierron, Chantal Tsobo, Michel Kohnen, Tamir Abdelrahman, Nguyen T. Nguyen, Kerstin Wagner, Isabel de la Fuente Garcia
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.
Topics & Concepts
MyocarditisCoronavirusMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DiseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Heart failure2019-20 coronavirus outbreakViral MyocarditisPresentation (obstetrics)Intensive care medicinePediatricsImmunologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyInternal medicineSurgeryOutbreakViral Infections and Immunology ResearchSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchKawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications