ARRHYTHMIAS INCLUDING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CLINICAL COURSE AFTER CORONAVIRUS INFECTION

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to determine how coronavirus infection provoked arrhythmias. Fifteen patients with arrhythmias who had coronavirus infection (group C +) and 10 patients who had the same arrhythmias but did not pass through COVID-19 (group C-) were examined. In most cases, atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter dominated in patients of both examined groups - 86.6 % and 80 % appropriately. Age and overweight are risk factors for arrhythmia onset after coronavirus infection. The frequency of paroxysms increased by 88.9% in patients with AF who underwent coronavirus infection, p<0.005.