Case Report
Acute Myocarditis After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

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Highlights

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    Cardiac complications of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) vary and can be life-threatening.

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    Differential diagnoses include multi-inflammatory syndrome in children, multi-inflammatory syndrome in adults, Kawasaki disease, and myocarditis.

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    This case highlights a patient with post–SARS-CoV2 acute viral myocarditis.

Abstract

This case report describes a young adult patient with post–severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 acute viral myocarditis who initially presented to a local urgent care center. The patient decompensated and was transferred to our tertiary, intensive care setting.

Keywords

multi-inflammatory syndrome
post–severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
systemic inflammatory response syndrome
young adults

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Joan LaJoie, MSN, AGACGNP-C, is a cardiology nurse practitioner at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and can be contacted at [email protected].

Brian Lentz, MPAS, MHA, PA-C, is a cardiology physician assistant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

In compliance with standard ethical guidelines, the authors report no relationships with business or industry that would pose a conflict of interest.

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