Post-COVID syndrome severely damages children’s hearts; ‘immense inflammation’ causing cardiac blood vessel dilation

Post-COVID syndrome severely damages children’s hearts; ‘immense inflammation’ causing cardiac blood vessel dilation – University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Original Study: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A systematic review – EClinicalMedicine

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#COVID19 Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: A systematic review

An abnormal echocardiograph was observed in 314 of 581 patients (54·0%) with depressed ejection fraction (45·1%, n = 262 of 581) comprising the most common aberrancy.https://t.co/JqgETbH3DL pic.twitter.com/GqYtvGy0oP

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