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cord-032240-xswtx940	Sauer, François	Pericardial effusion in patients with COVID-19: case series	2020-09-09		.txt	text/plain	2235	167	51	Case 1 was a COVID-19 cardiac tamponade without myocarditis, confirmed by a positive chest computed tomography (CT) scan. Case 3 was a cardiac tamponade due to COVID-19 pericarditis, with a positive polymerase chain reaction on pericardial fluid. Since the outbreak of clusters of viral pneumonia due to the novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan, China in December 2019, 1 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread worldwide infecting more than 5.4 million people and causing more than 349 095 deaths as of 27 May 2020. • Three cases of pericardial effusions (PEs) comprising two tamponades occurred in a single cardiology centre, suggesting a higher cardiac risk than expected during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] We hereby report a case series of three patients with cardiac and pericardial manifestations of COVID-19 at our institution. Acute myopericarditis with pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade in a patient with COVID-19	./cache/cord-032240-xswtx940.txt	./txt/cord-032240-xswtx940.txt