Syncope, Brugada syndrome, and COVID-19 lung disease

Giampaolo Pasquetto; Giovanni Battista Conti; Angela Susana; Lucia Anna Leone; Emanuele Bertaglia

doi:10.1002/joa3.12375

Syncope, Brugada syndrome, and COVID-19 lung disease

J Arrhythm. 2020 Jun 16;36(4):768-770. doi: 10.1002/joa3.12375. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

Giampaolo Pasquetto¹, Giovanni Battista Conti¹, Angela Susana², Lucia Anna Leone³, Emanuele Bertaglia⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology "Riuniti Hospitals Padova Sud" University of Padova Padova Italy.
² Division of Cardiology General Hospital Padova Italy.
³ Division of Internal Medicine "Riuniti Hospitals Padova Sud" University of Padova Padova Italy.
⁴ Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health University of Padova Padova Italy.

Abstract

A 52-year-old male with no history of familiar sudden death arrived at our Emergency Department after syncope with loss of consciousness occurred during high fever. The thoracic high-resolution computed tomography demonstrated bilateral multiple ground-glass opacities. The nose-pharyngeal swab resulted positive for SARS-CoV-2. The 12-lead ECG presented a "coved-type" aspect in leads V1 and V2 at the fourth intercostal space and a first degree atrio-ventricular block. As soon as the temperature went down, the 12-lead ECG resumed a normal aspect, maintaining a long PR interval.

Keywords: Brugada syndrome; COVID‐19 lung disease; fever.

Publication types

Case Reports