Abstract
The burden of clinically-apparent cardiac injury secondary to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in school-age children is unclear. Over 12 months at a large academic pediatric hospital in the Midwestern portion of the United States, there were 1481 COVID-19 positive non-hospitalized otherwise healthy schoolaged children with 195 having cardiac testing performed. While incidental findings occurred, no definitive COVID-19 related cardiac pathology was discovered. Additionally, only ~3% of children had acute cardiac symptoms necessitating evaluation by pediatric cardiology. School-age children who were not hospitalized for COVID-19 have a very low risk of having clinically significant cardiac damage and are more likely to discover incidental findings.
Translated title of the contribution | The low incidence of clinically significant heart disease in school-age children following COVID-19 |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 54-58 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria |
Volume | 120 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- acute COVID-19 syndrome
- hearth diseases
- post
- sequelae
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health