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Open Access 01-12-2020 | Myocarditis | Research Letter

Clinical analysis of sinus bradycardia in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Authors: Lijuan Hu, Linjing Gong, Zhilong Jiang, Qibing Wang, Yunzeng Zou, Lei Zhu

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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There were cases of sudden death in some patients infected with COVID-19 including a few of young physicians, which had a huge impact on medical community and society [1]. The unexpected phenomenon lets us think about the underlying problems that caused the sudden death and some issues maybe ignored and that should be appropriately resolved. The initial manifestation of severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients was hypoxemic respiratory failure, accompanied by rapid increased reactive heart rate and susceptibility to supraventricular arrhythmia [2]. It is notable that a proportion of these patients developed sinus bradycardia, which was significantly different from other patients with multiple types of respiratory failure. …
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Metadata
Title
Clinical analysis of sinus bradycardia in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia
Authors
Lijuan Hu
Linjing Gong
Zhilong Jiang
Qibing Wang
Yunzeng Zou
Lei Zhu
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-02933-3

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