Myocardial injury in coronavirus infection combined with lung, skin and kidney lesions: clinical case and literature review

Abstract

Th e most common clinical manifestation of new coronavirus infection is bilateral pneumonia. At the same time, COVID-19 has a wide range of cardiovascular complications, with the development of acute heart failure, arrhythmias, acute coronary syndrome, and myocarditis. Myocardial injury is relatively common in COVID-19, accounting 7-23 % of cases. Th e presented clinical case describes a 56-year-old patient with a confi rmed coronavirus infection. Th e peculiarity of this clinical case is that it is the first report on COVID-19 with systemic manifestations: lungs, heart, kidneys and skin lesions. It should be noted that despite viral pneumonia typical for COVID-19, clinical picture and severity of the patient’s condition were determined by the developed myocardial injury. Th e presented clinical case is specifi c due to skin lesions