Since December 2019, the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been raging around the world and causing global panic. 2019-nCoV infection not only leads to lung injury, but also causes myocardial damage in a considerable proportion of patients, which worsens the state of illness and associates with poor prognosis. Heretofore little is known about the characteristic of myocardial damage induced by 2019-nCoV infection. Therefore, this paper will focus on the features, pathological mechanism, prevention and treatment of myocardial damage caused by 2019-nCoV.