Longitudinal Echocardiographic Assessment of Coronary Arteries and Left Ventricular Function following Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

J Pediatr. 2021 Jan:228:290-293.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.08.002. Epub 2020 Aug 5.

Abstract

Myocardial dysfunction and coronary artery dilation have been reported in the acute setting of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Through a longitudinal echocardiographic single-center study of 15 children, we report the short-term outcomes of cardiac dysfunction and coronary artery dilation in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

Keywords: COVID-19; coronary aneurysm; coronary dilation; pediatrics; systolic dysfunction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessels / physiopathology
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / complications*
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Systole
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
  • Ventricular Function, Left*
  • Young Adult

Supplementary concepts

  • pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related