Microvasculature dysfunction as the common thread between atherosclerosis, Kawasaki disease, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-associated multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children

Erin C Boyle; Axel Haverich

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezaa367

Microvasculature dysfunction as the common thread between atherosclerosis, Kawasaki disease, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-associated multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Dec 1;58(6):1109-1110. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa367.

Authors

Erin C Boyle¹, Axel Haverich¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 19; Kawasaki disease; Microvasculature; Multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Atherosclerosis / etiology
Atherosclerosis / physiopathology*
COVID-19 / etiology
COVID-19 / physiopathology*
Child
Humans
Microvessels / physiopathology*
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / etiology
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / physiopathology*
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / etiology
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / physiopathology*

Supplementary concepts

pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related