Association between electrocardiographic features and mortality in COVID-19 patients.
Daniel Antwi-AmoabengBryce David BeutlerSahajpreet SinghMoutaz TahaJasmine GhumanAhmed HanfyNicholas T ManasewitschMark B UlanjaJoban GhumanMunadel AwadNageshwara GullapalliT David GbadeboPublished in: Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc (2021)
The underlying pathogenesis of COVID-19-associated arrhythmias remains to be established, but we postulate that systemic inflammation and/or hypoxia may induce potentially lethal conduction abnormalities in affected individuals. Longitudinal studies are warranted to evaluate the risk factors, pathogenesis, and management of COVID-19-associated cardiac arrhythmias.