Cardiovascular Complications in COVID-19 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

摘要

Despite common cardiovascular complications in COVID-19-driven MIS-C, mortality is very low.Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 shares clinical features with viral myocarditis, Kawasaki disease, Kawasaki shock syndrome, and toxic shock syndrome. Whereas cardiovascular complications are common in these other syndromes, data are lacking on the cardiovascular complications of COVID-19-associated MIS-C. Investigators have now evaluated clinical data of 286 children (median age, 8.4; 67.8% male) with MIS-C from 55 centers in 48 cities across 17 European countries from February 1 to June 6, 2020.