Acute Fulminant Myocarditis in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 Infection
Diego Armando Alvarado Lara, Thomas Young, Kamill Del Toro, C. Chan, Cora Ianiro, Kenneth E. Hunt, Jake Kleinmahon
Abstract
The majority of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) display pulmonary disease; however, a significant portion of patients have cardiac injury as well, with a high incidence of myocarditis documented in the adult population. Pediatric disease from COVID-19 has been relatively rare, and no cases of virus-related cardiac disease have been published. We present a case of an adolescent girl with fulminant myocarditis with complete heart block, elevated troponin I levels, and severely depressed systolic function in the setting of COVID-19 infection.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMyocarditisFulminantIncidence (geometry)DiseaseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PopulationInternal medicineCardiologyTroponinHeart diseaseViral MyocarditisPediatricsMyocardial infarctionInfectious disease (medical specialty)PhysicsEnvironmental healthOpticsViral Infections and Immunology ResearchSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchKawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications