Pediatric multisystem SARS COV2 with versus without cardiac involvement: a multicenter study from Latin America

Autor: Junko Asakura, Franklin Mendoza Torres, Nancy Garay Echeverría, Carolina Torres Garcia, Jessica Alchundia Moreira, Claudia Natalia Villalba, Klebia Magalhães Pereira Castello Branco, Cristhian Ramírez Lechado, Ana Galván Camacho, Carlos Alvarez Murillo, Paulina Agurto Díaz, Yeny Briones Diaz, Theo Contreras Alvarado, Ana Braga Lombardi, Ricardo H. Pignatelli, Carlos Fernandez Cabalin, Ruth Rugel Plúas, Lorena Tapia Faundes, Patricia Alvarez Zenteno, Martha Rubio Hernandez, Andressa Mussi Soares, Guillermo Larios Goldenberg, Olga Maza Caneva, Moisés Mier Martínez, Justin P. Zachariah, Yanet Toribio Acosta, Patricia Romero Sepulveda, Cibelle Teixeira Borges, Karla Solórzano Sabando, Diana Aravena Morales, Manuel Huertas-Quiñones, Alex Alcántara Pérez, Lida Toro Rosas, Magna Pereira Duarte, María Jiménez Carbajal, Jahaira Sussety Salazar, Ivan Romero Rivera, Elizabeth Mora Copete, Deborah Trevisan Dias, Clara A Vazquez Antona
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: European Journal of Pediatrics
ISSN: 1432-1076
0340-6199
Popis: Latin America (LATAM) children offer special insight into Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS COV2) due to high-risk race/ethnicity, variability in medical resources, diverse socioeconomic background, and numerous involved organ systems. This multinational study of LATAM youth examined the distinguishing features of acute or late multisystem SARS COV2 with versus without cardiac involvement. A consecutive sample of youth 0–18 years old (N = 98;50% male) presenting with multisystem SARS COV2 to 32 centers in 10 Latin American countries participating in a pediatric cardiac multi-imaging society were grouped as with versus without cardiac involvement, defined as abnormal echocardiographic findings or arrhythmia. Collected clinical data were analyzed by Student’s t-test or Fisher’s exact test. Cardiac (N = 48, 50% male) versus no cardiac (N = 50, 50% male) were similar in age; weight; nonrespiratory symptoms; and medical history. The cardiac group had 1 death and symptoms including coronary artery dilation, ejection fraction
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