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Critically ill COVID-19 patients are 10 times more likely to develop cardiac arrhythmias

from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine via EurekAlert

Critically ill COVID-19 patients are 10 times more likely to develop cardiac arrhythmias University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine via EurekAlert Patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to an intensive care unit were 10 times more likely than other hospitalized COVID-19 patients to suffer cardiac arrest or heart rhythm disorders, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Researchers say the results suggest that cardiac arrests and arrhythmias suffered by some patients with COVID-19 are likely triggered by a severe, systemic form of the disease and are and not the sole consequence of the viral infection. READ MORE

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