Viral infections are a leading cause of myocarditis and pericarditis worldwide, conditions that
frequently coexist. Myocarditis and pericarditis were some of the early comorbidities …

Health is usually defined as the absence of pathology. Here, we endeavor to define health
as a compendium of organizational and dynamic features that maintain physiology. The …

Abstract Purpose of Review Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a cause of
significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. While cardiac injury has been demonstrated in …

COVID‐19 is a pandemic disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 that mostly
affects the respiratory system. The consequent inflammation is not able to clear viruses. The …

Background Circulating androgens could have a relevant pathobiological role in clinical
outcomes in men with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) …

In the past decade there has been a growing interest in understanding sex and gender
differences in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and the purpose of this review …

Background The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2)
disease 2019 (COVID‐19) seems to have a worse clinical course among infected men …

Background Circulating testosterone levels have been found to be reduced in men with
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, COVID‐19, with lower levels …

SARS-CoV-2 has caused up to 127 million cases of COVID-19. Approximately 5% of COVID-
19 patients develop severe illness, and approximately 40% of those with severe illness …

Impairments in certain cardiac genes confer risk for myocarditis in children. To determine the
extent of this association, we performed genomic sequencing in predominantly adult …