Virus-Negative Myopericarditis in Human Coronavirus Infection: Report From an Autopsy Series

Franca Del Nonno; Andrea Frustaci; Romina Verardo; Cristina Chimenti; Emanuele Nicastri; Andrea Antinori; Nicola Petrosillo; Eleonora Lalle; Chiara Agrati; Giuseppe Ippolito; INMI COVID study group

doi:10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007636

Virus-Negative Myopericarditis in Human Coronavirus Infection: Report From an Autopsy Series

Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Nov 12;13(11):CIRCHEARTFAILURE120007636. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007636. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Franca Del Nonno^#^{1

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Affiliations

¹ INMI L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy (F.d.N., E.N., A.A., N.P., G.I.).
² Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiologist and Cardiovascular Sciences, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy (A.F., C.C.).
³ Cellular and Molecular Cardiology Lab, IRCCS L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. (A.F., R.V., C.C.).
⁴ Laboratory of Virology, IRCCS L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. (E.L.).
⁵ Laboratory of Immunology, IRCCS L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. (C.A.).

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 33176456
PMCID: PMC7673636
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007636

Abstract

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Keywords: autopsy; coronavirus infections; heart failure; hypertension; stroke volume.