ABC | Volume 114, Nº4, April 2020

Editorial Strabelli and Uip COVID-19 and the Heart Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 114(4):598-600 Died Discarged 400 600 300 30 P < 0.001 P < 0.001 P < 0.001 P < 0.001 500 250 25 400 200 20 300 150 15 200 100 10 100 50 5 0 0 0 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Cardiac troponin (pg/mL) Myoglobin (ng/mL) C-reactive protein (mg/L) Interleukin-6 (ng/mL) 5 (7%) 5 (7%) 22 (33%) 36 (53%) Respiratory failure Respiratory failure with myocardial damage/heart failure  Myocardial damage/heart failure Unknown Figure 1 – Main laboratory parameters in confirmed cases of COVID-19 by outcome. 1 Figure 2 – Summary of causes of death in 68 patients with confirmed COVID-19. 1 599