Long-Haul Post–COVID-19 Symptoms Presenting as a Variant of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Madeleine Johansson, MD, PhD; Marcus Ståhlberg, MD, PhD; Michael Runold, MD, PhD; Malin Nygren-Bonnier, PhD, PT; Jan Nilsson, MD, PhD; Brian Olshansky, MD; Judith Bruchfeld, MD, PhD; Artur Fedorowski, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Apr 2021)

Long-Haul Post–COVID-19 Symptoms Presenting as a Variant of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Madeleine Johansson, MD, PhD,
Marcus Ståhlberg, MD, PhD,
Michael Runold, MD, PhD,
Malin Nygren-Bonnier, PhD, PT,
Jan Nilsson, MD, PhD,
Brian Olshansky, MD,
Judith Bruchfeld, MD, PhD,
Artur Fedorowski, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Madeleine Johansson, MD, PhD: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Address for correspondence: Dr. Madeleine Johansson, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Clinical Research Center, Box 50332, 20213, Malmö 20213, Sweden.
Marcus Ståhlberg, MD, PhD: Heart, Vascular, and Neuro Theme, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Michael Runold, MD, PhD: Department of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Malin Nygren-Bonnier, PhD, PT: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Function Allied Health Professionals, Medical Unit Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Jan Nilsson, MD, PhD: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Brian Olshansky, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa
Judith Bruchfeld, MD, PhD: Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Artur Fedorowski, MD, PhD: Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Cardiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 573 – 580

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Major clinical centers in Sweden have witnessed an inflow of patients with chronic symptoms following initial outpatient care for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection, suggestive of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. This report presents the first case series of 3 Swedish patients diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome more than 3 months after the primary COVID-2019 infections. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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