id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-338544-eph89g47 Spuntarelli, Valerio COVID-19: is it just a lung disease? A case-based review 2020-07-28 .txt text/plain 2279 142 44 COVID-19 pandemic reached 3.78 million confirmed reported cases worldwide, and it is generally associated to the acronym that precedes its name: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A prospective study investigating left ventricular performance in 46 patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome showed subclinical diastolic impairment without systolic involvement [3] . Pathological findings of COVID-19 associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome showed few interstitial mononuclear inflammatory infiltrates, but no other substantial damage in the heart tissue [7] . A case report highlights myocarditis as a complication associated with COVID-19, even without symptoms and signs of interstitial pneumonia in an otherwise healthy 53-year-old white woman [8] . The authors concluded that the presence of the characteristic features of symmetric, multifocal lesions with thalamic involvement suggests that this is a case of acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy associated with COVID-19. Guillain Barre syndrome associated with COVID-19 infection: a case report ./cache/cord-338544-eph89g47.txt ./txt/cord-338544-eph89g47.txt