• Monaldi Arch Chest Dis · Sep 2020

    Letter

    COVID-19 associated viral myocarditis: does it exist?

    • Vaishali Verma, Sachin Sondhi, Rajesh Sharma, and Kunal Mahajan.
    • Department of Cardiology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Shimla. vaishalisikerwar@gmail.com.
    • Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2020 Sep 9; 90 (4).

    AbstractCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a lethal pandemic that has claimed millions of lives worldwide. While respiratory involvement is the most common and most virulent manifestation of COVID-19, there is enough data to suggest that myocardial injury reflected through elevated troponin levels is seen in around 7-28% of patients and is related with increased morbidity and mortality.

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