The coronavirus disease 2019 , caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), represents the pandemic of the century, with approximately 3.5 million cases and 250,000 deaths worldwide as of May 2020. Although respiratory symptoms usually dominate the clinical presentation, COVID-19 is now known to also have potentially serious cardiovascular consequences, including myocardial injury, myocarditis, acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary embolism, stroke, arrhythmias, heart failure, and cardiogenic shock. The cardiac manifestations of COVID-19 might be related
R ESUM ELa maladie à coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), caus ee par le SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronarivus-2 pour coronavirus du syndrome respiratoire aigu s evère 2), est la pand emie du siècle; en mai 2020, on d enombrait quelque 3,5 millions de cas et 250 000 d ecès dans le monde. Bien que les symptômes respiratoires dominent g en eralement le tableau clinique, on sait maintenant que la COVID-19 peut aussi avoir de graves cons equences sur le plan cardiovasculaire, par exemple des l esions myocardiques, des myocardites, des syndromes coronariens aigus, des embolies pulmonaires, des accidentsThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), 1 which infected 3,524,429 patients and was linked to 247,838 deaths worldwide as of May 4, 2020. 2 SARS-CoV-2 infection is triggered by binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2), which is highly expressed in the nasopharynx and lungs, as well as in the cardiovascular system and gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts. 3 Although respiratory symptoms usually dominate the clinical presentation of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 infection might also be responsible for a variety of potentially severe cardiovascular manifestations, particularly in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions. 4-6 Indeed, subjects with cardiovascular diseases do suffer worse outcomes when infected with SARS-CoV-2. 5 Moreover, COVID-19 could