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. 2021 Mar 19;29(3):143–149. doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000385

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FIGURE 1. — Representation of the possible mechanisms of acute myocardial injury related to COVID-19. A, Myocarditis. B, Type 2 MI (left) and type I MI (right). C, Contraction bands in stress cardiomyopathy. D, Microvascular dysfunction from microthrombi and endothelial injury. E, Cytopathic injury in cytokine storm. Reproduced with permission from Lang JP, Wang X, Moura FA, et al. A current review of COVID-19 for the cardiovascular specialist. Am Heart J. 2020;226:29–44. Copyright Elsevier. COVID-19 indicates coronavirus disease 2019; CVD, cardiovascular disease; MI, myocardial infarction.