A 60-year-old male with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, conduction disorders, post-COVID-19 myopericarditis and heart failure was admitted to the hospital's cardiology department. Blood tests revealed an increase in CPK activity, troponin T elevation and high titers of anticardiac antibodies. Whole exome sequencing showed the presence of the pathogenic variant NM_213599:c.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To study the clinical signs and mechanisms (viral and autoimmune) of myoendocarditis in the long-term period after COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Methods: Fourteen patients (nine male, 50.1 ± 10.
Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is a rare condition. Its association with SARS-CoV-2 has not been described before. The 46-year-old female patient was admitted to the clinic on September 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim To study clinical features of myoendocarditis and its possible mechanisms, including persistence of SARS-Cov-2 in the myocardium, in the long-term period following COVID-19.Material and methods This cohort, prospective study included 15 patients aged 47.8±13.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the clinical and morphological features of SARS-CoV-2-related myocarditis, by determining the presence of viral RNA and proteins in myocardial tissue.
Material And Methods: The study was conducted to examine the material of 32 autopsies with a confirmed diagnosis of myocarditis. There were data of a morphological study, including a standard histological study, as well as immunohistochemical determination of the surface markers CD45, CD3, CD20, and CD68 cells of an inflammatory infiltrate and virus proteins (SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein and spike protein).