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Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to COVID-19.

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A 67-year-old female presented with upper respiratory symptoms and was diagnosed with COVID-19 and found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with echocardiographic signs of tamponade and mild left ventricular impairment.
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A 67-year-old woman presented with upper respiratory symptoms and was diagnosed with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). She was found to have a large hemorrhagic pericardial effusion wit...

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COVID-19 pandemic and troponin: indirect myocardial injury, myocardial inflammation or myocarditis?

TL;DR: Although the heart and the vessels are potential targets in COVID-19, there is currently limited evidence on the direct infection of the myocardium by SARS-CoV-2.
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Systematic review of COVID-19 related myocarditis: Insights on management and outcome.

TL;DR: In this review, there appears to be favorable outcomes related to myocarditis treated with steroid therapy treated with glucocorticoids and other agents including IL-6 inhibitors, IVIG and colchicine in COVID-19myocarditis is debatable.
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Cardiovascular Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Perspective.

TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of the pathophysiology and cardiovascular implications of COVID-19, its impact on existing pathways of care, the role of modern technologies to tackle the pandemic, and a proposal of novel management algorithms for the most common acute cardiac conditions are provided.
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Cardiac Involvement in a Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

TL;DR: This case report describes an otherwise healthy 53-year-old woman who tested positive for CO VID-19 and was admitted to the cardiac care unit in March 2020 for acute myopericarditis with systolic dysfunction, confirmed on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, the week after onset of fever and dry cough due to COVID-19.
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2015 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases

TL;DR: This document describes the development and use of various types of antibody to treat acute myocardial infarction and the role that these antibodies play in the development of encephalopathy.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review of Imaging Findings in 919 Patients.

TL;DR: A systematic review of current literature on COVID-19 provides insight into the initial and follow-up CT characteristics of the disease.
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Diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

TL;DR: The reader is guided through the diagnostic pathway, focusing on differential diagnoses and diagnostic criteria for takotsubo cardiomyopathy, in the absence of obstructive coronary artery lesions.
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