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Atrial Arrhythmias in a Patient Presenting With Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Infection
- Source :
- Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, Vol 8 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2020.
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Abstract
- The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has significant potential cardiovascular implications for patients. These include myocarditis, acute coronary syndromes, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies with heart failure and cardiogenic shock, and venous thromboembolic events. We describe a Caribbean-Black gentleman with COVID-19 infection presenting with atrial arrhythmias, namely, atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation, which resolved with rate and rhythm control strategies, and supportive care.
- Subjects :
- atrial arrhythmias
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Myocarditis
Epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral
Case Report
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease_cause
coronavirus disease 2019
Betacoronavirus
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Atrial Fibrillation
lcsh:Pathology
medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
030212 general & internal medicine
Respiratory system
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Pandemics
Coronavirus
lcsh:R5-920
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Cardiogenic shock
COVID-19
Atrial fibrillation
Middle Aged
Thorax
medicine.disease
atrial flutter
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
Heart failure
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Coronavirus Infections
business
Safety Research
Atrial flutter
lcsh:RB1-214
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23247096
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0c1de0c771f595204b10cc59953e4ef7
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709620925571