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Recognizing COVID-19-related myocarditis: The possible pathophysiology and proposed guideline for diagnosis and management.
Review in Heart rhythm, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04871867 (Assessement of Cardiac and Lung Consequences of COVID-19 Infection in the Professional Soccer Players), which is not on this map. Cited by 429 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Assessement of Cardiac and Lung Consequences of COVID-19 Infection in the Professional Soccer Players: A Prospective Observational Study
Who cites it
429 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 787 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of case reports on COVID-19 associated myocarditis: a discussion on treatments.Virology journal · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests during the COVID-19 pandemic with those before the pandemic: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Heart failure during the COVID-19 pandemic: clinical, diagnostic, management, and organizational dilemmas.ESC heart failure · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 review shows that benefits of vaccinating children and adolescents appear to outweigh risks of post-vaccination myopericarditis.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Pooled it
- Brazilian Society of Cardiology Guideline on Myocarditis - 2022.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2022Guideline
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- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and perinatal outcomes of COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy.Nature communications · 2022Pooled it
- Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of myocarditis associated with the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.Journal of medical virology · 2022Pooled it
- Pre-Infection COVID-19 Vaccination and Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adults Without Preexisting Cardiovascular Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Xenosialylation as immunological chimerism: a host-centered unifying model for viral and post-vaccination immune complications.European cytokine network · 2026Review
- Detection of bovine coronavirus in myocardial tissue of a naturally infected calf.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- The impact of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 on cardiac function and structure: A systematic review and a hybrid individual participant data meta-analysis.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2026Review
- Association of long-COVID with major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality: a real-world data cohort study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Heart-Brain Axis in Viral Myocarditis: Shared Cytokine Pathways, Blood-Brain Barrier Crosstalk, and Neuroinflammatory Consequences.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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- "Bridging the clinical, molecular and genetic perspectives on myocarditis in post-COVID-19 era".International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026Review
- Five-year cardiovascular outcomes following COVID-19-associated carditis.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026Article
- Myocardial and Vascular Involvement in COVID-19 and Post-Vaccination States: Understanding Injury Pathways and Clinical Implications.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Unraveling the Mystery: COVID-19 and Diabetic Complications - A Journey from Pathophysiology to Treatment.Current diabetes reviews · 2026Review
369 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Human coronavirus-associated myocarditis is known, and a number of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19)-related myocarditis cases have been reported. The pathophysiology of COVID-19-related myocarditis is thought to be a combination of direct viral injury and cardiac damage due to the host's immune response. COVID-19 myocarditis diagnosis should be guided by insights from previous coronavirus and other myocarditis experience. The clinical findings include changes in electrocardiogram and cardiac biomarkers, and impaired cardiac function. When cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is not feasible, cardiac computed tomographic angiography with delayed myocardial imaging may serve to exclude significant coronary artery disease and identify myocardial inflammatory patterns. Because many COVID-19 patients have cardiovascular comorbidities, myocardial infarction should be considered. If the diagnosis remains uncertain, an endomyocardial biopsy may help identify active cardiac infection through viral genome amplification and possibly refine the treatment risks of systemic immunosuppression. Arrhythmias are not uncommon in COVID-19 patients, but the pathophysiology is still speculative. Nevertheless, clinicians should be vigilant to provide prompt monitoring and treatment. The long-term impact of COVID-19 myocarditis, including the majority of mild cases, remains unknown.
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