COVID-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with significant cardiovascular dysfunction in patients with, and without, pre-existing cardiovascular disease [ 1 ]. There are now well-documented cardiac complications of COVID-19 infection which include myocarditis, heart failure, and acute coronary syndrome [ 2 ]. There is growing evidence showing that arrhythmias are also one of the major complications of COVID-19. We report a patient with no known cardiac conduction disease who presented with syncope, positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR, who was persistently bradycardic and subsequently developed sinus node dysfunction (SND). To date, there are a limited number of reports of sinus node dysfunction (SND) associated with COVID-19. We describe the clinical characteristics, potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and management of COVID-19 patients who experienced de novo SND.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, bradycardic, sinus node dysfunction (SND), 【초록키워드】 Clinical characteristics, cardiovascular disease, arrhythmia, heart failure, COVID-19 infection, myocarditis, management, Patient, disease, mechanism, Coronavirus-2, Evidence, COVID-19 patient, dysfunction, Syncope, acute respiratory syndrome, cardiac complication, cardiovascular dysfunction, positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR, complications of COVID-19, de novo, sinus node, caused, include, coronary syndrome, pathophysiologic, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 review, literature, report, Sinus,