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Aranyó J, Bazan V, Lladós G, et al. Inappropriate sinus tachycardia in post-COVID-19 syndrome. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):298doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03831-6.
Aranyó, J., Bazan, V., Lladós, G., Dominguez, M. J., Bisbal, F., Massanella, M., Sarrias, A., Adeliño, R., Riverola, A., Paredes, R., Clotet, B., Bayés-Genís, A., Mateu, L., & Villuendas, R. (2022). Inappropriate sinus tachycardia in post-COVID-19 syndrome. Scientific reports, 12(1), 298. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03831-6
Aranyó, Júlia, et al. "Inappropriate sinus tachycardia in post-COVID-19 syndrome." Scientific reports vol. 12,1 (2022): 298. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03831-6
Aranyó J, Bazan V, Lladós G, Dominguez MJ, Bisbal F, Massanella M, Sarrias A, Adeliño R, Riverola A, Paredes R, Clotet B, Bayés-Genís A, Mateu L, Villuendas R. Inappropriate sinus tachycardia in post-COVID-19 syndrome. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 07;12(1):298. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03831-6. PMID: 34996973.
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Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 07;12(1):298. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03831-6.

Inappropriate sinus tachycardia in post-COVID-19 syndrome.

Scientific reports

Júlia Aranyó, Victor Bazan, Gemma Lladós, Maria Jesús Dominguez, Felipe Bisbal, Marta Massanella, Axel Sarrias, Raquel Adeliño, Ariadna Riverola, Roger Paredes, Bonaventura Clotet, Antoni Bayés-Genís, Lourdes Mateu, Roger Villuendas

Affiliations

  1. Cardiology Department, Heart institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Carretera de Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain.
  2. Department of Infectious Disease, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
  3. Emergency Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
  4. AIDS Research Institute (IrsiCaixa), Badalona, Spain.
  5. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovascualres (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain.
  6. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  7. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.
  8. Cardiology Department, Heart institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Carretera de Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Spain. [email protected].
  9. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Cardiovascualres (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain. [email protected].
  10. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. [email protected].

PMID: 34996973 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03831-6

Abstract

Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) is a common observation in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) but has not yet been fully described to date. To investigate the prevalence and the mechanisms underlying IST in a prospective population of PCS patients. Consecutive patients admitted to the PCS Unit between June and December 2020 with a resting sinus rhythm rate ≥ 100 bpm were prospectively enrolled in this study and further examined by an orthostatic test, 2D echocardiography, 24-h ECG monitoring (heart rate variability was a surrogate for cardiac autonomic activity), quality-of-life and exercise capacity testing, and blood sampling. To assess cardiac autonomic function, a 2:1:1 comparative sub-analysis was conducted against both fully recovered patients with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and individuals without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. Among 200 PCS patients, 40 (20%) fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for IST (average age of 40.1 ± 10 years, 85% women, 83% mild COVID-19). No underlying structural heart disease, pro-inflammatory state, myocyte injury, or hypoxia were identified. IST was accompanied by a decrease in most heart rate variability parameters, especially those related to cardiovagal tone: pNN50 (cases 3.2 ± 3 vs. recovered 10.5 ± 8 vs. non-infected 17.3 ± 10; p < 0.001) and HF band (246 ± 179 vs. 463 ± 295 vs. 1048 ± 570, respectively; p < 0.001). IST is prevalent condition among PCS patients. Cardiac autonomic nervous system imbalance with decreased parasympathetic activity may explain this phenomenon.

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