TY - JOUR
T1 - Elevated Troponin in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019
T2 - Possible Mechanisms
AU - Tersalvi, Gregorio
AU - Vicenzi, Marco
AU - Calabretta, Davide
AU - Biasco, Luigi
AU - Pedrazzini, Giovanni
AU - Winterton, Dario
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic that has affected more than 1.8 million people worldwide, overwhelmed health care systems owing to the high proportion of critical presentations, and resulted in more than 100,000 deaths. Since the first data analyses in China, elevated cardiac troponin has been noted in a substantial proportion of patients, implicating myocardial injury as a possible pathogenic mechanism contributing to severe illness and mortality. Accordingly, high troponin levels are associated with increased mortality in patients with COVID-19. This brief review explores the available evidence regarding the association between COVID-19 and myocardial injury.
AB - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic that has affected more than 1.8 million people worldwide, overwhelmed health care systems owing to the high proportion of critical presentations, and resulted in more than 100,000 deaths. Since the first data analyses in China, elevated cardiac troponin has been noted in a substantial proportion of patients, implicating myocardial injury as a possible pathogenic mechanism contributing to severe illness and mortality. Accordingly, high troponin levels are associated with increased mortality in patients with COVID-19. This brief review explores the available evidence regarding the association between COVID-19 and myocardial injury.
KW - Coronavirus
KW - COVID-19
KW - Myocardial injury
KW - Myocarditis
KW - SARS
KW - Troponin
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.04.009
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85083706670
VL - 26
SP - 470
EP - 475
JO - Journal of Cardiac Failure
JF - Journal of Cardiac Failure
SN - 1071-9164
IS - 6
ER -