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. 2021 Feb 9;63:101365. doi: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2021.101365

Table 2.

Cardiac manifestations of PIMS-TS.

Variable Number of Study n/N Mean (SD) %
Sign of shock 24 652/1288 50.62
respiratory distress/failure 24 270/1288 20.96
Radiography Normal 9 25/751 3.33
Cardiomegaly + Pericardial effusion 164/751 21.84
Pleural effusion 105/751 13.98
focal/bilateral opacity 169/751 22.50
lung oedema 16/751 2.13
Atelectasis 10/751 1.33
interstitial abnormalities 9/751 1.20
Reactive airway disease 2/751 0.27
Electrocardiography Junctional rhytm 7 3/212 1.42
Sinus Bradycardia 1/212 0.47
Supraventricular extrasystole 1/212 0.47
Attenuated QRS 1/212 0.47
AV block 5/212 2.36
PR Interval abnormalities 2/212 0.94
QT abnormalities 1/212 0.47
T wave abnormalitis 21/212 9.91
Atrial Fibrillation 1/212 0.47
Ventricular arrhytmia (VT/VF/PVC) 4/212 1.89
ST abnormalities 34/212 16.04
Various Troponin Level Troponin I 3 869 (1229)
Troponin T 3 75 (132)
High sensitivity troponin I 3 1183 (3307)
Unspecified troponin 7 1277 (10114)
Elevated troponin I 4 50/67 74.63
Elevated sensitivity troponin I 3 61/68 89.7
Elevated unspecified 7 335/718 46.66
BNP (pg/mL) 4 4238.35 (5803.24)
NT-proBNP (pg/mL) 10 13,590.78 (20,676.1)
Echocardiography Mitral Regurgitation 22 175/1174 14.91
Tricuspid Regurgitation 19/1174 1.62
Pericardial Effusion + pericarditis 221/1267 17.44
Myocarditis 196/1267 15.47
RV dysfunction 17/1174 1.45
Biventricular systolic dysfunction 1/1174 0.09
Coronary Echogenicity 17/1174 1.45
Coronary artery dilatation 42/1174 3.58
Coronary artery aneurysm 45/1267 3.55
Unspecified valvular regurgitation 2/1174 0.17
Coronary artery dilatation or aneurysm 95/1174 8.09
Biventricular or left ventricular dysfunction 5/1174 0.43
Ectatic coronary artery 14/1174 1.19
Myocardial dysfunction 15/1174 1.28
Unspecified coronary abnormalities 4/1174 0.34
Echocardiography Cardiomegaly 2/1174 0.17
Regional wall motion abnormal 3/1174 0.26
Lack of distal tapering LAD coronary artery 11/1174 0.94
Dilated left ventricle 1/1174 0.09
Diastolic dysfunction 2/1174 0.17
Left ventricle dysfunction 107/1174 8.45
LVEF > 55% 13 33/305 10.82
< 55% 180/305 59.02
N/A 80/305 26.23
Coronary Artery
Z score
< 2 13 11/139 7.91
2–2.5 9/139 6.47
≥ 2.5 18/138 12.95

AV; atrioventricular, BNP; brain natriuretic peptide, NT-proBNP; N-terminal-pro brain natriuretic peptide, RV; right ventricular, LVEF; left ventricular ejection fraction, N/A; not available.