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World J Cardiol. May 26, 2024; 16(5): 260-268
Published online May 26, 2024. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v16.i5.260
COVID-19 and cardiac complications: Myocarditis and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Muhammed Güneş, Öner Özdemir
Muhammed Güneş, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Research and Training Hospital of Sakarya, Adapazarı 54100, Sakarya, Türkiye
Öner Özdemir, Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Research and Training Hospital of Sakarya, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, Adapazarı 54100, Sakarya, Türkiye
Author contributions: Güneş M and Özdemir Ö performed the literature research; Güneş M and Özdemir Ö both wrote the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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Corresponding author: Öner Özdemir, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Research and Training Hospital of Sakarya, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, Adnan Menderes cad, Adapazarı 54100, Sakarya, Türkiye. ozdemir_oner@hotmail.com
Received: December 31, 2023
Revised: February 19, 2024
Accepted: April 12, 2024
Published online: May 26, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: In April 2020, reports from the United Kingdom indicated that children may have Kawasaki disease or a clinical condition similar to toxic shock syndrome. This clinical picture was later defined as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Since then, similarly affected children as well as cases with other cardiac complications have been reported in other parts of the world. In this review, we aimed to evaluate coronavirus disease 2019 in terms of cardiac involvement by reviewing the literature.