Author: Roest, Stefan; Brugts, Jasper J.; van Kampen, Jeroen J.A.; von der Thüsen, Jan H.; Constantinescu, Alina A.; Caliskan, Kadir; Hirsch, Alexander; Manintveld, Olivier C.
Title: COVID-19-related myocarditis post-heart transplantation Cord-id: ix8itwlj Document date: 2021_4_20
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Snippet: We describe the first heart transplantation recipient with acute biventricular heart failure symptoms caused by a post-myocarditis state late after a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. No other viral pathogens could be detected, computed tomography angiography did not show cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and myocardial biopsy demonstrated no clinically relevant rejection. Subsequent cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging revealed extensive epicardial delay
Document: We describe the first heart transplantation recipient with acute biventricular heart failure symptoms caused by a post-myocarditis state late after a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. No other viral pathogens could be detected, computed tomography angiography did not show cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and myocardial biopsy demonstrated no clinically relevant rejection. Subsequent cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging revealed extensive epicardial delayed enhancement without myocardial edema. Heart failure medication was initiated and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator was implanted, (partially) recovering the ejection fraction. Further studies are needed to investigate the number of heart transplant recipients with myocardial damage after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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