Introduction:
The ongoing Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has
resulted in over six million deaths worldwide.1 In
addition to primary acute respiratory symptoms, COVID-19 has been
demonstrated to have multisystem involvement.2Cardiovascular system manifestations include thrombosis, acute coronary
syndrome, arrhythmias, myocarditis, and evidence of subclinical
myocardial dysfunction, with increased risk of mortality observed
following myocardial injury.3 Cardiac resonance
imaging (CMR) provides the highest diagnostic accuracy for acute
myocarditis, however speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) derived
strain analysis offers a more pragmatic alternative. STE examination has
demonstrated sub-clinical myocardial involvement of patients with only
mild/ moderate COVID-19 symptoms.4