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Troponin elevation in the setting of COVID-19 can be related to non-ischaemic myocardial injury (blue circles) by different possible mechanisms (eg, severe hypoxia, sepsis, systemic inflammation, cytokine storm, pulmonary thrombosis and thromboembolism, stress cardiomyopathy, and myocarditis). Thicker lines underline the most common causes. SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.
