Myocarditis is rare in COVID-19 autopsies: Cardiovascular findings across 277 post-mortem examinations

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Autor(es): dc.creatorHalushka, Marc K.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorHeide, Richard S. Vander-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2026-02-09T12:31:16Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2026-02-09T12:31:16Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2020-10-22-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2020-10-22-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2019-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.ufla.br/handle/1/43566-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054880720301046#!-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/capes/1162936-
Descrição: dc.descriptionThe COVID-19 pandemic, the result of SARS-CoV-2, is a major cause of worldwide mortality with a significant cardiovascular component. While a number of different cardiovascular histopathologies have been reported at post-mortem examination, their incidence is unknown, due to limited numbers of cases in any given study. A literature review was performed identifying 277 autopsied hearts across 22 separate publications of COVID-19 positive patients. The median age of the autopsy cohort was 74.5 and 97.6% had one or more comorbidities. Initial review of the data indicate that myocarditis was present in 20 hearts (7.2%); however, closer examination of additional reported information revealed that most cases were likely not functionally significant and the true prevalence of myocarditis is likely much lower (<2%). At least one acute, potentially COVID-19 related cardiovascular histopathologic finding, such as macro or microvascular thrombi, inflammation, or intraluminal megakaryocytes, was reported in 47.8% of cases. Significant differences in reporting of histopathologic findings occurred between studies indicating strong biases in observations and the need for more consistency in reporting. In conclusion, across 277 cases, COVID-19 related cardiac histopathological findings, are common, while myocarditis is rare.-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Publicador: dc.publisherElsevier-
Direitos: dc.rightsrestrictAccess-
???dc.source???: dc.sourceCardiovascular Pathology-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectCOVID-19-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectCoronavirus-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectMyocarditis-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectHeart inflammation-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectMiocardite-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectInflamação do coração-
Título: dc.titleMyocarditis is rare in COVID-19 autopsies: Cardiovascular findings across 277 post-mortem examinations-
Tipo de arquivo: dc.typeArtigo-
Aparece nas coleções:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal de Lavras (RIUFLA)

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