COVID-19-associated stress cardiomyopathy differential diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: José Eduardo Riceto Loyola Junior, M.D.[2]

Overview

COVID-19-associated stress cardiomyopathy must be differentiated from other diseases that cause left ventricular dysfunction such as acute myocardial infarction (STEMI and NSTEMI) and viral myocarditis.

Differential Diagnosis

• COVID-19-associated stress cardiomyopathy must be differentiated from other diseases that cause left ventricular dysfunction such as acute myocardial infarction (STEMI and NSTEMI) and viral myocarditis.