Fig. 4

Pericarditis. 36-year-old in-hospital COVID-19 patient with chest discomfort and evidence of pericardial effusion at bedside Echo. a Evidence a slight hyperintensity of the pericardial layers, with no myocardial edema. LGE sequences confirm the presence on pericardial layers enhancement and moderate pericardial effusion (b, c orange arrows). Native T1 values were mildly increased (d) as well as T2 mapping (e) and ECV values (f). Coronal and axial chest CT revealed peripheral posterior areas of parenchymal consolidation (g). Echo echocardiography; STIR short tau inversion recovery; LGE late gadolinium enhancement; ECV extracellular volume; CT computed tomography