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SUBMITTER: Pavon AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7834643 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pavon Anna Giulia AG Meier David D Samim Daryoush D Rotzinger David C DC Fournier Stephane S Marquis Patrick P Monney Pierre P Muller Olivier O Schwitter Juerg J
The Canadian journal of cardiology 20200606 8
A 64-year-old man presented with severe myocarditis 6 weeks after an initial almost asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) infection. He was found to have a persistent positive swab. Mechanisms explaining myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19 remains unclear, but this case suggests that severe acute myocarditis can develop in the late phase of COVID-19 infection, even after a symptom-free interval. ...[more]