Takotsubo syndrome as a cardiac manifestation of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children

Cardiol Young. 2022 Aug;32(8):1341-1343. doi: 10.1017/S1047951121004881. Epub 2021 Dec 16.

Abstract

Cases of severe heart damage in patients presenting with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children are one of the most intriguing phenomena during the coronavirus disease of 2019 pandemic. The pathophysiology of myocardial changes in the course of this syndrome has not been fully understood yet. We present a case of a child with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and with cardiac changes corresponding to Takotsubo syndrome.

Keywords: COVID-19; MIS-C; PIMS-TS; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; children; heart failure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / complications
  • Child
  • Connective Tissue Diseases*
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy* / diagnosis
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy* / etiology

Supplementary concepts

  • pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related