Department of cardiology, Urasoe General Hospital, Japan.
Department of Pathology, Urasoe General Hospital, Japan.
Intern Med. 2021 Aug 15;60(16):2623-2626. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.6237-20. Epub 2021 Jun 19.
Cardiac involvement has been reported in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We herein report a 41-year-old man who presented with recurrent paroxysmal atrioventricular block without showing significant cardiac injuries or comorbidities. The patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 and admitted to our hospital, where he was noted to have paroxysmal atrioventricular block. Cardiac biomarkers, echocardiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging findings were fairly normal. An endomyocardial biopsy performed before the implantation of a permanent pacemaker revealed mild myocardial fibrosis without inflammatory infiltrates. The unusual myocardial involvement of the novel coronavirus was suspected.
心脏受累已在 2019 冠状病毒病(COVID-19)患者中报告。本文报告了 1 例 41 岁男性患者,表现为反复发作性房室传导阻滞,无明显心脏损伤或合并症。该患者被诊断为 COVID-19 并收入我院,入院时发现存在阵发性房室传导阻滞。心脏生物标志物、超声心动图和心脏磁共振成像结果均较为正常。在植入永久性起搏器之前进行的心肌活检显示轻度心肌纤维化,无炎症浸润。怀疑与新型冠状病毒有关的不常见心肌受累。