Miocarditis por COVID-19 en paciente pediátrico.

Current knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic is still limited, especially in the pediatric age group. So far, children are considered to be a minimally affected population; however, physicians from different parts of the world have recognized a new pediatric multi-systemic inflammatory syndrome, that provokes a multiple organ dysfunction, from which the heart is not exempted. The direct action of the virus on myocardial cells, as well as the cytokines storm -triggered by the infection-are responsible for the myocarditis developed in these patients. In this article a case with criteria of myocarditis associated with COVID-19 is described. Achieving an early diagnosis of myocarditis secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection in the current epidemiological context allows a correct and timely therapeutic approach, avoiding the torpid evolution and fatal outcome of this disease, as well as other long-term complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]