How safe are children with COVID-19 from cardiac risks? Pediatric risk assesment; insights from echocardiography and electrocardiography

Berna Şaylan Çevik Şule Arıcı Zeynep Ergenc Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci Özge Günal Nurhayat Yakut

Published in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2021)

Despite all the adult studies, the effects of COVID‐19 on myocardial function are not well established in children. The thought that children are less affected by the illness may be a misconception.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
young adults
left ventricular
sars cov
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension