Ventricular fibrillation storm in COVID 19 responding to steroid therapy: A case report
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports (CVCR)
; 5(3):177-180, 2021.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1664978
ABSTRACT
Cardiac arrhythmias are common in patients of COVID -19 and frequently complicate the clinical course of critically ill patients. Life threatening arrhythmia including ventricular fibrillation less common but are reported to be more common in patients with elevated cardiac troponins. The mechanisms of arrhythmia in COVID 19 are multifactorial and arise from either direct cardiac involvement, from consequences systemic affection or drug interactions. The successful management requires correct identification of the cause. We report a case of VF storm in a patient with COVID 19 who responded to steroid therapy. Controlling the fulminant inflammation may reduce the burden of arrhythmia in appropriate cases.
electrocardiograph; acute phase protein; amiodarone; C reactive protein; D dimer; dexamethasone; ferritin; lactate dehydrogenase; lidocaine; troponin I; aged; article; cardioversion; case report; clinical article; coronary angiography; coronary artery disease; coronavirus disease 2019; echocardiography; electrical storm (heart); electrocardiogram; ferritin blood level; heart palpitation; heart ventricle fibrillation; heart ventricle hypertrophy; home quarantine; human; lactate dehydrogenase blood level; left ventricular systolic dysfunction; male; myocarditis; protein blood level; real time polymerase chain reaction; steroid therapy; torsade des pointes; unconsciousness
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English
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IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports (CVCR)
Year:
2021
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Article
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