https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/suspected-covid-related-syndrome-in-children-can-cause-severe-heart-damage-study-finds-1.5094604
Suspected COVID-related syndrome in children can cause severe heart damage, study finds
Researchers behind a new study are warning that a rare and unusual inflammatory condition in children, believed to be linked to COVID-19, damages the heart to such an extent that lifelong monitoring and interventions may be needed.
According to the new study, cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) can strike seemingly healthy children without warning three or four weeks after asymptomatic coronavirus infections.
"Children did not need to exhibit the classic upper respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 to develop MIS-C, which is frightening," study author Alvaro Moreira told The University of Texas Health Science Center.
Researchers reported that 90 per cent of children (581) suffered cardiac involvement and underwent an echocardiogram because "they had such a significant cardiac manifestation of the disease."