> our findings reveal that significant cardiac involvement occurs independently of the severity of original presentation and persists beyond the period of acute

> our findings reveal that significant cardiac involvement occurs independently of the severity of original presentation and persists beyond the period of acute presentation, with no significant trend toward reduction of imaging or serological findings during the recovery period. Our findings may provide an indication of potentially considerable burden of inflammatory disease in large and growing parts of the population and urgently require confirmation in a larger cohort. This is unexpected. A chronic inflammatory disease seems to persist well beyond recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection.