Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - A New Syndrome Complicated With Acute Heart Failure Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection

BACKGROUND: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare syndrome temporally related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). MIS-C shares similarities with Kawasaki disease, but left ventricular dysfunction is more common in MIS-C.Methods and Results:This study reports the case of a 16-year-old Japanese male patient with MIS-C. Although the initial presentation was severe with circulatory and respiratory failure, the patient recovered completely. Endomyocardial biopsy showed active myocarditis with fibrosis. Immunoglobulin treatment was useful for recovery.

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first reported case of MIS-C in Japan. Cardiologists should be aware of MIS-C, a new disease, occurring during the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society - 85(2021), 6 vom: 25. Mai, Seite 948-952

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Uchida, Momoko [VerfasserIn]
Kashima, Yuichiro [VerfasserIn]
Mochizuki, Katsunori [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Hiroto [VerfasserIn]
Mori, Kotaro [VerfasserIn]
Ebisawa, Soichiro [VerfasserIn]
Takeshige, Kanako [VerfasserIn]
Nitta, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]
Kuwahara, Koichiro [VerfasserIn]
Imamura, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
Myocarditis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.06.2021

Date Revised 02.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1253/circj.CJ-21-0243

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325322155