Two patients with COVID-19 and a fever-induced Brugada-like electrocardiographic pattern

S. W. E. van de Poll; C. van der Werf

doi:10.1007/s12471-020-01459-1

Two patients with COVID-19 and a fever-induced Brugada-like electrocardiographic pattern

S. W. E. van de Poll
, C. van der Werf^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Cardiology, Franciscus Gasthuis and Vlietland Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Abstract

Febrile states may unmask certain Brugada syndrome patients and precipitate ventricular arrhythmias. Here we describe two patients with COVID-19 who developed a fever-induced type 1 Brugada electrocardiographic pattern. Both patients did not show any ventricular arrhythmias during admission. These and previously published cases suggest that the threshold to run an ECG should be low in febrile patients with suspected COVID-19, because these patients are potentially at risk for developing proarrhythmic complications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	431-436
Number of pages	6
Journal	Netherlands heart journal
Volume	28
Issue number	7-8
Early online date	2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-020-01459-1
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2020

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Brugada syndrome
COVID-19
Fever

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