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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;13(6):e008719.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.008719. Epub 2020 May 20.

Cardiac Arrhythmias in COVID-19 Infection

Stephanie M Kochav  1 , Ellie Coromilas  1 , Ani Nalbandian  1 , Lauren S Ranard  1 , Aakriti Gupta  1 , Mina K Chung  2 , Rakesh Gopinathannair  3 , Angelo B Biviano  1 , Hasan Garan  1 , Elaine Y Wan  1
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Case Reports

Cardiac Arrhythmias in COVID-19 Infection

Stephanie M Kochav et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Sars-CoV-2; atrial fibrillation; cardiac arrhythmias; heart rate; pulseless electrical activity; torsades de pointes.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Atrioventricular block. A, Chest radiography demonstrating multifocal pneumonia and cardiomegaly; (B) ECG demonstrating atrioventricular dissociation, high-grade heart block, with an unstable junctional escape rhythm.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Atrial fibrillation. A, Chest radiography demonstrating bilateral lower lobe opacities; (B) ECG demonstrating atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate.
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Figure 3.
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. A, Chest radiography demonstrating bilateral patchy opacities; (B) telemetry strip demonstrating torsades de pointes; (C) ECG demonstrating marked T wave inversions and QT prolongation.
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Figure 4.
Cardiogenic shock and pulseless electrical activity arrest. A, Portable chest radiography demonstrating patchy bilateral opacities; (B) ECG upon presentation showing sinus tachycardia with left bundle branch block; (C) telemetry strip demonstrating sudden heart block without escape rhythm.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Spectrum of cardiac arrhythmias associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Spectrum of cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19 infection (A) relative to disease onset and (B) special management considerations. CTA indicates computed tomography angiography; HCW, healthcare workers; PPE, personal protective equipment; and TEE, transesophageal echocardiography.
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