Fulminant myocarditis and atrial fibrillation in child with acute COVID-19

COVID-19 has manifested with ventricular dysfunction and cardiac arrhythmias, most commonly atrial fibrilla-tion (AFib), in adults. However, very few pediatric patients with acute COVID-19 have had cardiac involvement. AFib, an exceedingly rare arrhythmia in otherwise healthy children, has not been reported in children with COVID-19. We report a 15 year-old girl with acute COVID-19, fulminant myocarditis and AFib.(c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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This article reports a case of a 15-year-old girl with acute COVID-19, fulminant myocarditis, and atrial fibrillation. While cardiac involvement is more common in adults, it is exceedingly rare in pediatric patients.