This case series reviewed the cardiac MRIs of 4 children and adolescents with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), with findings favoring post-infectious myocarditis without signs of coronary abnormalities. Study took place in France All 4 children underwent transthoracic echocardiography
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This population-based, observational study assessed the incidence and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in an urban region (Paris, France) during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with non-pandemic periods. The authors examined data for non-traumatic OHCA (N=30,768) and evaluated OHCA incidence
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This case series described two patients who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 who had thrombotic strokes during ongoing anti-coagulation treatment for atrial fibrillation stroke prophylaxis. Both cases involved men, ages 74 and 84 years old, each with multiple cardiovascular diseases, including
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This paper employed a segmented Poisson model to analyze the available daily new cases data of the COVID-19 outbreaks in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, UK and USA. Their model predicts that the USA will have the most confirmed cases in
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This article demonstrated the power of Twitter for world leaders to rapidly and directly communicate public health information about COVID-19 to citizens. By analyzing tweets from Group of Seven (G7) world leaders, researchers concluded that Twitter can be a powerful
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This research article reports that Google Trends data strongly correlates with COVID-19 cases and deaths. Previous outbreaks and epidemics have been tracked and forecasted by using infodemiology metrics and approaches, particularly through Twitter and Google. The data from this study
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