COVID-19-Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Affects Left Ventricular Function and Global Strain Compared with Kawasaki Disease

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Oct;33(10):1285-1287. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2020.07.019. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Authors

Mansi Gaitonde¹, Daniel Ziebell¹, Michael S Kelleman², David E Cox³, Joan Lipinski³, William L Border¹, Ritu Sachdeva¹

Affiliations

¹ Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Child
Child, Preschool
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Echocardiography
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Georgia / epidemiology
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / epidemiology*
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / physiopathology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Stroke Volume / physiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*