Delayed Coronary Dilation with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Meghan Corrigan Nelson, Emory University; Justine Mrosak, Emory University; Sassan Hashemi, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; Cynthia Manos, Emory University; Sampath Prahalad, Emory University; Sarah Varghese, Emory University; Matthew Oster, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2022-02
• Publisher: Elsevier Inc
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: 2021 by the American Society of Echocardiography. Published by Elsevier Inc.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.case.2021.08.002
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: CASE (Phila)
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 31
• End Page: 35
• Keywords: Delayed coronary dilation; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019, there have been reports of systemic inflammation and cardiac dysfunction with multiorgan involvement in pediatric patients, temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.1, 2, 3 This entity has collectively been referred to as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).