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. 2020 Aug 19;20(5):211–212. doi: 10.1016/j.ipej.2020.08.004

Table 1.

Characteristics of COVID-19 patients with bradyarrhythmias.

Characteristics Pt. 1 Pt. 2 Pt. 3 Pt. 4 Pt. 5 Pt. 6 Pt. 7
Age, years 55 56 67 80 45 55 69
Sex
Female
Female
Male
Male
Female
Male
Male
Medical History
 Diabetes Mellitus Yes No Yes No No No No
 Hypertension No No Yes Yes No No No
 Prior Myocardial Infarction No No No Yes No Yes No
 Prior Heart Failure
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Clinical Presentation
 Syncope Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
 Fever No Yes Yes No No No No
 Cough No No Yes No No No No
 Dyspnea No No Yes Yes No No No
 Heart rate (bpm) 40 32 30 42 36 33 40
 Escape rhythm Ventricular Ventricular Ventricular Ventricular Junctional Junctional Junctional
 Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 120 100 110 200 130 90 116
 Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 60 60 70 110 80 60 76
 Oxygen Saturation
98
97
98
98
98
99
98
Laboratory/Imaging Evaluation
 White blood count (cells/mm3) 11,800 11,200 7400 8100 5200 17,300 8400
 Neutrophil/Lymphocyte ratio 75/20 75/22 76/22 63/19 65/27 84/11 71/12
 Serum Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.8 0.6 1.5 1.3
 Serum Na mmol/litre) 138 136 104 136 138 143 134
 Serum K (mmol/litre) 4.7 3.4 4.2 5.1 4.0 4.8 3.9
 High-sensitive Troponin T (Upper limit of normal <0.014) 0.011 0.003 0.014 0.006 0.007 0.018 ND
 NT Pro BNP (pg/ml) 157 143.5 3814 1515 2206 677.4 ND
 hsCRP (mg/litre) 57.1 48.38 81.72 106.7 395.83 74.25 ND
 Ferritin (ng/ml) 80.5 280 327 460 520 81.4 ND
 Infiltrates on Chest-X ray Absent Unilateral Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral Absent Bilateral
 LVEF (%) 60 60 60 50 60 60 40
Bradyarrhythmia CHB CHB CHB CHB SSS CHB SSS
Time from presentation to pacemaker implantation 14 days 12 days 12 days 15 days ND 17 days ND

CHB: complete heart block, SSS: sick sinus syndrome, ND: Not done, Pt.: Patient.