COVID-19 pandemic and troponin: indirect myocardial injury, myocardial inflammation or myocarditis?
COVID-19 pandemic and troponin: indirect myocardial injury, myocardial inflammation or myocarditis?
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
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English
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
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The initial mechanism for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is the binding of the virus to the membrane-bound form of ACE2, which is mainly expressed in the lung. Since the heart and the vessels also express ACE2, they both could become targets of the virus. However, at present the extent and importance of this...
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COVID-19 pandemic and troponin: indirect myocardial injury, myocardial inflammation or myocarditis?
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2410351954
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2410351954
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1355-6037
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1468-201X
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10.1136/heartjnl-2020-317186
