Features of Myocarditis: Morphological Differential Diagnosis in Post-COVID-19 Children.
Vadim KarevAnastasia Ya StarshinovaAnzhela GlushkovaDmitry Anatolievich KudlayAnna StarshinovaPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
It is necessary further reconsider morphological criteria to diagnose SARS-CoV-2-caused myocarditis, rather than solely relying on detecting viral RNA by PCR as the sole evidence-based criterion. Similar issues accompany diagnostics of myocardial lesions associated with other viral infections. Evidence for an etiological diagnosis of myocarditis can be provided by a comprehensive analysis of the diagnostic criteria obtained, confirming virus exposure, followed by development of distinct clinical symptoms, MRI and CT changes, and morphological criteria.