Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) presenting as purulent fulminant myopericarditis and cardiac tamponade: a case report and literature review.

In December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified about multiple cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology originating in Wuhan city, Hubei province, China. The novel virus, named severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2) was isolated on January 7th, 20201. The acute respiratory disease, renamed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19), was declared a pandemic on March 11th, 20202.
Source: Heart and Lung - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Source Type: research