Myopericarditis is a rare consequence of COVID-19 infection. Although extremely rare, COVID-19 can present without pulmonary involvement, and there have been reports of isolated cardiac involvement in one prior case
We report a case of a young African American man presenting with myopericarditis following a recently recovered COVID-19 infection. Complicated by ICU admission requiring vasopressors; with eventual resolution following initiation of aspirin and colchicine for myopericarditis.
Life threatening myopericarditis can occur following resolution of COVID-19 disease. The degree of cardiac involvement correlates poorly to the severity of pulmonary involvement.
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