Journal article
Characterization of COVID-19-associated cardiac injury: evidence for a multifactorial disease in an autopsy cohort
Abstract
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic evolves, much evidence implicates the heart as a critical target of injury in patients. The mechanism(s) of cardiac involvement has not been fully elucidated, although evidence of direct virus-mediated injury, thromboembolism with ischemic complications, and cytokine storm has been reported. We examined suggested mechanisms of COVID-19-associated heart failure in 21 COVID-19-positive …
Authors
Hanson PJ; Liu-Fei F; Ng C; Minato TA; Lai C; Hossain AR; Chan R; Grewal B; Singhera G; Rai H
Journal
Laboratory Investigation, Vol. 102, No. 8, pp. 814–825
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2022
DOI
10.1038/s41374-022-00783-x
ISSN
0023-6837