Sudden Cardiac Death in COVID-19 patients, a Report of Three Cases

Abstract

The mortality rate of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has been reported as 1–6% in most studies. The cause of most deaths has been acute pneumonia. Nevertheless, it has been noted that cardiovascular failure can also lead to death. Three COVID-19 patients were diagnosed based on reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of a nasopharyngeal swab test and radiological examinations in our hospital. The patients received medications at the discretion of the treating physician. In this case series, chest computed tomography scans and electrocardiograms, along with other diagnostic tests were used to evaluate these individuals. Sudden cardiac death in COVID-19 patients is not common, but it is a major concern. So, it is recommended to monitor cardiac condition in selected patients with COVID-19.

Keywords:

• arrhythmia
• cardiac
• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• sudden cardiac death

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the staff of Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital of Ilam for their kind cooperation.

Financial & competing interests disclosure

This research was financially supported by the Deputy of Research and Technology of the University. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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Ethical conduct of research

The authors state that they have obtained appropriate institutional review board approval or have followed the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki for all human or animal experimental investigations. In addition, for investigations involving human subjects, informed consent has been obtained from the participants involved. This research was approved by ethical department of Ilam University of Medical Sciences (IR.MEDILAM.REC.1399.098).

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Funding

This research was financially supported by the Deputy of Research and Technology of the University. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.