Myocardial injury in severe COVID-19 is similar to pneumonias of other origin: results from a multicentre study.
Peter JirakRobert LarbigZornitsa ShomanovaElisabeth J FröbDaniel DanklChristian TorgersenNino FrankMagdalena MahringerDominyka ButkieneHendrik HaakeHelmut J F SalzerThomas TschoellitschMichael LichtenauerAlexander EgleBernd LamprechtHolger ReineckeUta C HoppeRudin PistulliLukas J MotlochPublished in: ESC heart failure (2020)
Myocardial injury was frequent in severe COVID-19 requiring mechanical ventilation, but still less frequent than in similarly severe pneumonias of other origin, indicating that cardiac involvement may not be a specific feature of COVID-19. While mortality was also similar, COVID-19 is characterized with increased thrombogenicity and high pulmonary embolism rates.