Arrhythmias and electrocardiographic findings in Coronavirus disease 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) primarily causes lung infection, but recent studies have shown that cardiac involvement is associated with a worse prognosis.

Objectives

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias detected by the electrocardiogram and their relationships with adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19.

Methods

PubMed and Google were searched for studies that reported on cardiac arrhythmias and/or examined the relationship between arrhythmias and adverse outcomes.

Results

Thirty studies with 12,713 participants were included in the systematic review, and 28 studies (n = 12,499) in the meta-analysis. The mean age was 61.3 ± 16.8 years; 39.3% were female. In 25 studies with 7578

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Zamora S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250376 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature