COVID-19 patients may present with myocarditis: A case report emphasizing the cardiac involvement of SARS-CoV-2

Ebrahim Salavati; Hamidreza Hajirezaee; Hamid Reza Niazkar; Muhammad Sadegh Ramezani; Alireza Sargazi

doi:10.47176/mjiri.35.104

COVID-19 patients may present with myocarditis: A case report emphasizing the cardiac involvement of SARS-CoV-2

Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2021 Aug 16:35:104. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.35.104. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Ebrahim Salavati¹, Hamidreza Hajirezaee¹, Hamid Reza Niazkar², Muhammad Sadegh Ramezani¹, Alireza Sargazi³

Affiliations

¹ Bohlol Hospital, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
² Student Research Committee, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
³ Dey Hospital, Torbat Heydarieh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.

Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was declared to be pandemic on March 12, 2020, is the latest health concern worldwide. COVID-19 patients may develop cerebrovascular complications either during the course of COVID-19 or even as an initial presentation of the disease. Herein, a case of myocarditis in a COVID-19 patient without any respiratory signs and symptoms is presented.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Myocarditis; Myopericarditis; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Case Reports