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cord-283729-ekrcop2p	Allam, Hassan H	Pericardial Fluid in a COVID-19 Patient: Is It Exudate or Transudate?	2020-05-12		.txt	text/plain	678	57	52	title: Pericardial Fluid in a COVID-19 Patient: Is It Exudate or Transudate? There are no reports regarding pericardial fluid findings in COVID-19 patients. CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe a 41-year-old woman, with confirmed COVID-19, who presented with a large pericardial effusion. LEARNING POINTS: Laboratory findings of drained pericardial fluid in a patient with COVID-19 are presented. The clinical presentation of pericardial involvement in COVID-19 infection and the role of echocardiography in diagnosis and management are described. INTRODUCTION Cardiac involvement has been described in patients with COVID-19 infection [1, 2] . There have been no previous reports on pericardial fluid characteristics in COVID-19 patients or on diagnostic criteria for determining whether such fluid is transudate or exudate. A 41-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital with COVID-19 and pericardial effusion. In conclusion, to the best of our knowledge, we have described the first analysis of pericardial fluid in a COVID-19 patient with a large pericardial effusion.	./cache/cord-283729-ekrcop2p.txt	./txt/cord-283729-ekrcop2p.txt