Relative Bradycardia in Critically Ill Patients with Novel Coronavirus 19: A Case Series
Severe coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection is associated with myocardial injury and arrhythmia. Bradycardia is a newly recognized consequence of COVID-19. Relative bradycardia and its effects in 4 critically ill patients with COVID-19 was described in this case series. The 4 cases showed the same...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Cardiology Discovery |
| Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CD9.0000000000000083 |
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| Summary: | Severe coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection is associated with myocardial injury and arrhythmia. Bradycardia is a newly recognized consequence of COVID-19. Relative bradycardia and its effects in 4 critically ill patients with COVID-19 was described in this case series. The 4 cases showed the same clinical phenomenon: sinus bradycardia without a compensatory increase in heart rate in response to elevation of body temperature. Typically, heart rate decreases as body temperature rises. The 4 patients were all men with an average age of 67 years. Patient 1 was a 78-year-old man with no major medical history who died from COVID-19 pneumonia. The other 3 patients recovered. |
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| ISSN: | 2096-952X 2693-8499 |