Pacemaker implantation in a COVID‐19 patient. Balancing the patient’s needs and the team’s risk of exposure

Pacemaker implantation in a COVID‐19 patient. Balancing the patient’s needs and the team’s risk of exposure

COVID‐19 patients may have cardiovascular complications requiring invasive treatment. Pacemaker implantation procedure may be challenging because of the necessity of personal protective equipment use. We report pacemaker implantation in a 78‐year‐old man with severe bilateral COVID‐19 interstitial p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of arrhythmia 2021-02, Vol.37 (1), p.261-263
Hauptverfasser: Ignatiuk, Barbara, Baratto, Fabio, Monticelli, Jacopo, Bacchion, Francesco, Marchese, Giuseppe Maria, Pasquetto, Giampaolo
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
aortic stenosis
atrioventricular block
Blood
Blood pressure
Cardiac Arrhythmia Spot Light
cardiovascular complications
COVID‐19
Heart rate
Hemodynamics
Masks
Medical examination
pacemaker
Pacemakers
Patients
Pneumonia
Professionals
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Zusammenfassung:COVID‐19 patients may have cardiovascular complications requiring invasive treatment. Pacemaker implantation procedure may be challenging because of the necessity of personal protective equipment use. We report pacemaker implantation in a 78‐year‐old man with severe bilateral COVID‐19 interstitial pneumonia, a second degree 2:1 atrioventricular block, and concomitant aortic stenosis.
ISSN:1880-4276
1883-2148
DOI:10.1002/joa3.12480