COVID-19 induced ventricular tachycardia storm unmasking a clinically silent cardiomyopathy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a systemic illness characterized by raging impact of cytokine storm on multiple organs. This may trigger malignant ventricular arrhythmias and unmask a clinically silent cardiomyopathy.

Case summary

A 57-year-old gentleman, known case of hyperthyroidism and diabetes, was referred to our emergency department with history of two ventricular tachycardia (VT) episodes requiring direct current cardioversion in last 3 h followed by another episode in our emergency department that was cardioverted. There was no past history of cardiac illness. His 12-lead electrocardiogram (during sinus rhythm) along with screening echocardiography suggested Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). He was coincidentally found to be COVID-1

SUBMITTER: Mukhopadhyay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8343428 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature