Han-Joon Bae, Hyun Jun Cho, Chan-Hee Lee, Myung Hwan Bae, Hyoung-Seob Park, Byung Chun Jung, Dong-Gu Shin, Yongkeun Cho, Jongmin Hwang, Seongwook Han, Kyu-Hwan Park, Se Yong Jang, Young Soo Lee
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads worldwide, cardiac injury in patients infected with COVID-19 becomes a significant concern. Thus, this study investigates the impact of several electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters and disease severity in COVID-19 patients. METHODS: Seven medical centers in Daegu admitted 822 patients with COVID-19 between February and April 2020. This study examined 267 patients among them who underwent an ECG test and evaluated their biochemical parameters like C-reactive protein (CRP), log N-terminal pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP), cardiac enzyme, and ECG parameters (heart rate, PR interval, QRS interval, T inversion, QT interval, and Tpe [the interval between peak to end in a T wave])...
October 2021: Korean Circulation Journal