A Review of the Cardiac and Cardiovascular Effects of COVID-19 in Adults and Children.

Tex Heart Inst J

Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.

Published: July 2021

Symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) typically affects the respiratory system but can involve the cardiovascular system. Cardiac complications of COVID-19 can result directly from myocarditis or indirectly from numerous other mechanisms. Differentiating between primary and secondary cardiovascular involvement-our focus in this review-may help to identify the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the heart in adults and children.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367289PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.14503/THIJ-20-7395DOI Listing

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