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Myocarditis: A complication of COVID-19 and long-COVID-19 syndrome as a serious threat in modern cardiology


- Institute of Outcomes Research, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Bialystok Oncology Center, Bialystok, Poland
- Research Unit, Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
- Students Research Club, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland
- Polonia University, Czestochowa, Poland
- 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
- Post-graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Health Service Department, Italian State Police, Milan, Italy
- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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Abstract
Abstract


Title
Myocarditis: A complication of COVID-19 and long-COVID-19 syndrome as a serious threat in modern cardiology
Journal
Issue
Article type
Letter to the Editor
Pages
178-179
Published online
2021-11-19
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6363
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1753
DOI
Pubmed
Bibliographic record
Cardiol J 2022;29(1):178-179.
Authors
Lukasz Szarpak
Michal Pruc
Krzysztof J. Filipiak
Julia Popieluch
Andrzej Bielski
Milosz J. Jaguszewski
Natasza Gilis-Malinowska
Francesco Chirico
Zubaid Rafique
Frank W. Peacock


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