JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Heart Brake

  • Devika Kir, MD,
  • Chaitra Mohan, MD,
  • Rhea Sancassani, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 9
pp. 1252 – 1255

Abstract

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A 49-year-old man presented with worsening high-grade fevers, dry cough, and shortness of breath. He tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 and was noted to have bradycardia with intermittent high-degree atrioventricular block. However, cardiac biomarkers and echocardiographic findings were normal, thus making this an unusual and interesting manifestation of myocardial involvement of this novel coronavirus. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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