Cytokine storm in severe COVID-19 results in multiorgan damage including thelung, heart, kidney, testis, and liver [48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54] due to vascular hyperpermeability,edema, and hypercoagulation, has been shown to be accompanied by elevation of theinflammatory markers IL-6, IL-8, and CRP in those with cardiac injury [55, 56, 57].Normalization of these biomarkers over time is accompanied by a trend towardsnormalization of CMR abnormalities [25]. Here, CXCL8 is linked to COVID-19.