Worldwide Survey of COVID-19-Associated Arrhythmias

Ellie J Coromilas¹, Stephanie Kochav¹, Isaac Goldenthal¹, Angelo Biviano¹, Hasan Garan¹, Seth Goldbarg², Joon-Hyuk Kim², Ilhwan Yeo², Cynthia Tracy³, Shant Ayanian³, Joseph Akar⁴, Avinainder Singh⁴, Shashank Jain⁴, Leandro Zimerman⁵, Maurício Pimentel⁵, Stefan Osswald⁶, Raphael Twerenbold⁶, Nicolas Schaerli⁶, Lia Crotti^{7

8}, Daniele Fabbri^{7

8}, Gianfranco Parati^{7

8}, Yi Li⁹, Felipe Atienza^{10

11}, Eduardo Zatarain^{10

11}, Gary Tse^{12

13

14}, Keith Sai Kit Leung¹⁵, Milton E Guevara-Valdivia¹⁶, Carlos A Rivera-Santiago¹⁶, Kyoko Soejima¹⁷, Paolo De Filippo¹⁸, Paola Ferrari¹⁸, Giovanni Malanchini¹⁸, Prapa Kanagaratnam¹⁹, Saud Khawaja¹⁹, Ghada W Mikhail¹⁹, Mauricio Scanavacca²⁰, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar²⁰, Brenno Rizerio²⁰, Luciana Sacilotto²⁰, Reza Mollazadeh²¹, Masoud Eslami²¹, Vahideh Laleh Far²¹, Anna Vittoria Mattioli²², Giuseppe Boriani²², Federico Migliore²³, Alberto Cipriani²³, Filippo Donato²³, Paolo Compagnucci²⁴, Michela Casella²⁴, Antonio Dello Russo²⁴, James Coromilas²⁵, Andrew Aboyme²⁵, Connor Galen O'Brien²⁶, Fatima Rodriguez²⁷, Paul J Wang²⁷, Aditi Naniwadekar²⁸, Melissa Moey²⁸, Chia Siang Kow²⁹, Wee Kooi Cheah³⁰, Angelo Auricchio³¹, Giulio Conte³¹, Jongmin Hwang³², Seongwook Han³², Pietro Enea Lazzerini^{33

34}, Federico Franchi^{33

34}, Amato Santoro^{33

34}, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi^{33

34}, Jose A Joglar³⁵, Anna G Rosenblatt³⁵, Marco Zardini³⁶, Serena Bricoli³⁶, Rosario Bonura³⁶, Julio Echarte-Morales³⁷, Tomás Benito-González³⁷, Carlos Minguito-Carazo³⁷, Felipe Fernández-Vázquez³⁷, Elaine Y Wan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons (E.J.C., S. Kochav, I.G., A.B., H.G., E.Y.W.).
² New York Presbyterian Queens, Weill Medical College (S.G., J.-H.K., I.Y.).
³ The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The GW Medical Faculty Associates, Washington, DC (C.T., S.A.).
⁴ Section of Cardiovascular Disease, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (J.A., A. Singh, S.J.).
⁵ Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (L.Z., M.P.).
⁶ Department of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (S.O., R.T., N.S.).
⁷ Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Department of Cardiovascular, Neural & Metabolic Sciences, San Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy (L.C., D.F., G.P.).
⁸ Department of Medicine & Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy (L.C., D.F., G.P.).
⁹ Wuhan Asia General Hospital, China (Y.L.).
¹⁰ Department of Cardiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM) (F.A., E.Z.).
¹¹ CIBERCV, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (F.A., E.Z.).
¹² Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China (G.T.).
¹³ School of Life Sciences. The Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (G.T.).
¹⁴ Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Hong Kong, China (G.T.).
¹⁵ Aston Medical School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom (K.C.K.L.).
¹⁶ UMAE Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret CMN La Raza IMSS, CDMX, Mexico (M.E.G.-V., C.A.R.-S.).
¹⁷ Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K.S.).
¹⁸ Electrophysiology & Cardiac Pacing Unit, Cardiology Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (P.D.F., P.F., G.M.).
¹⁹ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (P.K., S. Khawaja, G.W.M.).
²⁰ Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (M.S., A.H., B.R., L.S.).
²¹ Department of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran (R.M., M.E., V.L.f.).
²² University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy (V.M., G.B.).
²³ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences & Public Health, University of Padova, Italy (F.M., A.C., F.D.).
²⁴ Cardiology & Arrhythmology Clinic, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti," Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy (P.C., M.C., A.D.R.).
²⁵ Division of Cardiovascular Disease & Hypertension, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (J.C., A. Aboyme).
²⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (C.G.O.).
²⁷ Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, CA (F.R., P.J.W.).
²⁸ East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (A.N., M.M.).
²⁹ School of Postgraduate Studies, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur (C.S.K.).
³⁰ Department of Medicine & Clinical Research Center, Taiping Hospital, Perak, Malaysia (W.K.C.).
³¹ Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland (A. Auricchio, G.C.).
³² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, South Korea (J.H., S.H.).
³³ Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery & Neurosciences, University of Siena, Italy (P.E.L., F.F., A. Santoro, P.L.C.).
³⁴ Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese (AOUS), Siena, Italy (P.E.L., F.F., A. Santoro, P.L.C.).
³⁵ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (J.A.G., A.G.R.).
³⁶ Division of Cardiology, University Hospital "Ospedale Maggiore," Parma, Italy (M.Z., S.B., R.B.).
³⁷ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Leon, Spain (J.E.-M., T.B.-G., C.M.-C., F.F.-V.).

PMID: 33554620
PMCID: PMC7982128
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009458

Multicenter Study

Worldwide Survey of COVID-19-Associated Arrhythmias

Ellie J Coromilas et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;14(3):e009458.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009458. Epub 2021 Feb 7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons (E.J.C., S. Kochav, I.G., A.B., H.G., E.Y.W.).
² New York Presbyterian Queens, Weill Medical College (S.G., J.-H.K., I.Y.).
³ The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The GW Medical Faculty Associates, Washington, DC (C.T., S.A.).
⁴ Section of Cardiovascular Disease, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (J.A., A. Singh, S.J.).
⁵ Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (L.Z., M.P.).
⁶ Department of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (S.O., R.T., N.S.).
⁷ Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Department of Cardiovascular, Neural & Metabolic Sciences, San Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy (L.C., D.F., G.P.).
⁸ Department of Medicine & Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy (L.C., D.F., G.P.).
⁹ Wuhan Asia General Hospital, China (Y.L.).
¹⁰ Department of Cardiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM) (F.A., E.Z.).
¹¹ CIBERCV, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (F.A., E.Z.).
¹² Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China (G.T.).
¹³ School of Life Sciences. The Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (G.T.).
¹⁴ Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Hong Kong, China (G.T.).
¹⁵ Aston Medical School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom (K.C.K.L.).
¹⁶ UMAE Hospital de Especialidades Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret CMN La Raza IMSS, CDMX, Mexico (M.E.G.-V., C.A.R.-S.).
¹⁷ Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K.S.).
¹⁸ Electrophysiology & Cardiac Pacing Unit, Cardiology Department, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy (P.D.F., P.F., G.M.).
¹⁹ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (P.K., S. Khawaja, G.W.M.).
²⁰ Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (M.S., A.H., B.R., L.S.).
²¹ Department of Cardiology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran (R.M., M.E., V.L.f.).
²² University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy (V.M., G.B.).
²³ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences & Public Health, University of Padova, Italy (F.M., A.C., F.D.).
²⁴ Cardiology & Arrhythmology Clinic, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti," Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy (P.C., M.C., A.D.R.).
²⁵ Division of Cardiovascular Disease & Hypertension, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ (J.C., A. Aboyme).
²⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (C.G.O.).
²⁷ Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, CA (F.R., P.J.W.).
²⁸ East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (A.N., M.M.).
²⁹ School of Postgraduate Studies, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur (C.S.K.).
³⁰ Department of Medicine & Clinical Research Center, Taiping Hospital, Perak, Malaysia (W.K.C.).
³¹ Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland (A. Auricchio, G.C.).
³² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, South Korea (J.H., S.H.).
³³ Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery & Neurosciences, University of Siena, Italy (P.E.L., F.F., A. Santoro, P.L.C.).
³⁴ Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese (AOUS), Siena, Italy (P.E.L., F.F., A. Santoro, P.L.C.).
³⁵ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (J.A.G., A.G.R.).
³⁶ Division of Cardiology, University Hospital "Ospedale Maggiore," Parma, Italy (M.Z., S.B., R.B.).
³⁷ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Leon, Spain (J.E.-M., T.B.-G., C.M.-C., F.F.-V.).

PMID: 33554620
PMCID: PMC7982128
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009458

Abstract

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Keywords: COVID-19; arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation; atrial flutter; bradycardia; tachycardia; torsade de pointes.

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