D.R. SABIROVA¹^¸², N.N. FIRSOVA², J.A. ABDULLINA², A.A. MALOV¹^¸², L.R. AZMUTDINOVA¹

 ¹Kazan State Medical University, Kazan

²Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital, Kazan

Contact details:

Sabirova D.R. — PhD (medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of Hospital Pediatrics

Address: 140 Orenburgskiy trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420059, tel.: +7 (843) 269-67-69, e-mail: dinasabirova@mail.ru

Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with a wide range of clinical manifestations. SARS-CoV-2 may be considered as a potential etiological factor of myocarditis. Diagnosis of myocarditis in children is considered to be difficult because of the varied and nonspecific symptoms. A case of postinfectious myocarditis in an adolescent from our own practice is presented as an example demonstrating the potential possibility of myocardial damage after COVID-19. The authors show the capability of using a cardiac MRI as a gold standard for noninvasive imaging in myocarditis.

Key words: children, myocarditis, cardiac MRI, COVID-19.

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