1. Electrocardiographic Features and Outcome: Correlations in 124 Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Events.
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Nathala, Pavani, Salunkhe, Vidyulata, Samanapally, Harideep, Xu, Qian, Furmanek, Stephen, Fahmy, Omar H., Deepti, Fnu, Glynn, Alex, McGuffin, Trevor, Goldsmith, Dylan C., Petrey, Jessica, Ali, Tshura, Titus, Derek, Carrico, Ruth, Ramirez, Julio, Antimisiaris, Demetra, Clifford, Sean P., Pahwa, Siddharth, Roser, Lynn, and Kong, Maiying
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Electrocardiographic (ECG) changes have been associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity. However, the progression of ECG findings in patients with COVID-19 has not been studied. The purpose of this study was to describe ECG features at different stages of COVID-19 cardiovascular (CV) events and to examine the effects of specific ECG parameters and cardiac-related biomarkers on clinical outcomes in COVID-19. Retrospective, cohort study. Major tertiary-care medical centers and community hospitals in Louisville, KY. A total of 124 patients with COVID-19 and CV events during hospitalization. None. Twelve-lead ECG parameters, biomarkers of cardiac injuries, and clinical outcomes were analyzed with Spearman correlation coefficients and Kruskal-Wallis 1-way analysis of variance. Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter was more frequent on the ECG obtained at the time of the CV event when compared with admission ECG (9.5% v 26.9%; p = 0.007). Sinus tachycardia was higher in the last available hospital ECG than the CV event ECG (37.5% v 20.4%; p = 0.031). Admission ECG-corrected QT interval was significantly associated with admission troponin levels (R = 0.52; p < 0.001). The last available hospital ECG showed nonsurvivors had longer QRS duration than survivors (114.6 v 91.2 ms; p = 0.026), and higher heart rate was associated with longer intensive care unit length of stay (Spearman ρ = 0.339; p = 0.032). In hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and CV events, ECGs at various stages of COVID-19 hospitalization showed significantly different features with dissimilar clinical outcome correlations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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