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In the Covid-19 pandemic era researchers and academics worldwide have experienced an unprecedented phenomenon. In this context of uncertainty and instability, academia was not spared the consequences of the new Coronavirus that locked everybody out of university. However, research and academic productivity during these unprecedented times may not have adversely affected projects, students, and their supervisors. Building on the authors’ personal experience this paper highlights some positive impacts of pursuing a PhD during a pandemic, focusing the reflection along two lines: 1) that work during social isolation may be better than ever; and 2) how open science has been crucial in this coronavirus era.

Sars-COV2 usually has a flu-like condition with possible progression to lung involvement. Isolated cardiac involvement has a slight frequency and present as arrhythmias, pericarditis or myocarditis.This is a rare case of COVID-1 patient, without pulmonary involvement with pericarditis, pericardial effusion and focal left ventricular impaired contraction.

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