Skewed Cytokine Responses Rather Than the Magnitude of the Cytokine Storm May Drive Cardiac Dysfunction in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

Skewed Cytokine Responses Rather Than the Magnitude of the Cytokine Storm May Drive Cardiac Dysfunction in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

Background Cardiac dysfunction is a prominent feature of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS‐C), yet the etiology is poorly understood. We determined whether dysfunction is global or regional, and whether it is associated with the cytokine milieu, microangiopathy, or severity of shock...

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Main Authors: Joyce C. Chang, Daisuke Matsubara, Ryan W. Morgan, Caroline Diorio, Sumekala Nadaraj, David T. Teachey, Hamid Bassiri, Edward M. Behrens, Anirban Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
COVID‐19
cytokine storm
echocardiography
multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
myocardial deformation
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.021428

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