Prehospital Sinus Node Dysfunction and Asystole in a Previously Healthy Patient with COVID-19.
Prehosp Emerg Care
; 26(3): 450-454, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1211354
ABSTRACT
We report a case of a previously healthy 47-year-old female with syncope due to multiple episodes of nodal dysfunction and asystole. During these brief episodes, she was hypoxic in the mid-80's as a result of COVID-19 pneumonia. The patient was admitted and treated for viral pneumonia and found to have normal electrocardiograms (ECG's), normal troponin levels and a normal echocardiogram during her hospital stay. As she recovered from COVID-19, no further episodes of bradycardia or bradyarrhythmia were noted. This case highlights a growing body of evidence that arrhythmias, specifically bradycardia, should be anticipated by prehospital providers as a potential cardiac complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Emergency Medical Services
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COVID-19
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Heart Arrest
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Prehosp Emerg Care
Journal subject:
Emergency Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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