The Role of the Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) for Secondary Prevention in the COVID-19 Era

Life-threatening arrhythmias have been variably reported among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in COVID-19 patients is an alarming concern for clinicians. Multiple factors play an important role in the development of SCA in patients with severe systemic illn...

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Autores principales: Doodnauth, Andrew V, Zhou, Jordan I, Patel, Krunal H, Yacoub, Fadi, Dunkley, Julian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8216574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34178554
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15783
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author Doodnauth, Andrew V
Zhou, Jordan I
Patel, Krunal H
Yacoub, Fadi
Dunkley, Julian
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description Life-threatening arrhythmias have been variably reported among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in COVID-19 patients is an alarming concern for clinicians. Multiple factors play an important role in the development of SCA in patients with severe systemic illness. We describe a case of COVID-19 in a New York City hospital in Spring 2020 that rapidly developed SCA and, before discharge, received a single lead transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator for secondary prevention. This case highlights the use of an automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator as a secondary preventive measure irrespective of left ventricular function as a means of preventing recurrence of SCA as a sequela of COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-82165742021-06-24 The Role of the Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) for Secondary Prevention in the COVID-19 Era Doodnauth, Andrew V Zhou, Jordan I Patel, Krunal H Yacoub, Fadi Dunkley, Julian Cureus Cardiology Life-threatening arrhythmias have been variably reported among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in COVID-19 patients is an alarming concern for clinicians. Multiple factors play an important role in the development of SCA in patients with severe systemic illness. We describe a case of COVID-19 in a New York City hospital in Spring 2020 that rapidly developed SCA and, before discharge, received a single lead transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator for secondary prevention. This case highlights the use of an automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator as a secondary preventive measure irrespective of left ventricular function as a means of preventing recurrence of SCA as a sequela of COVID-19. Cureus 2021-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8216574/ /pubmed/34178554 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15783 Text en Copyright © 2021, Doodnauth et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Cardiology
Doodnauth, Andrew V
Zhou, Jordan I
Patel, Krunal H
Yacoub, Fadi
Dunkley, Julian
The Role of the Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) for Secondary Prevention in the COVID-19 Era
title The Role of the Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) for Secondary Prevention in the COVID-19 Era
title_full The Role of the Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) for Secondary Prevention in the COVID-19 Era
title_fullStr The Role of the Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) for Secondary Prevention in the COVID-19 Era
title_full_unstemmed The Role of the Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) for Secondary Prevention in the COVID-19 Era
title_short The Role of the Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) for Secondary Prevention in the COVID-19 Era
title_sort role of the automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (aicd) for secondary prevention in the covid-19 era
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8216574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34178554
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15783
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