Relative Bradycardia in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Coronavirus Disease, Japan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Oct;26(10):2504-2506. doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202648. Epub 2020 Jul 1.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease is reported to affect the cardiovascular system. We showed that relative bradycardia was a common characteristic for 54 patients with PCR-confirmed mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease in Japan. This clinical sign could help clinicians to diagnose this disease.

Keywords: COVID-19; Japan; SARS-CoV-2; bradycardia; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease; relative bradycardia; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Body Temperature*
  • Bradycardia / virology*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Heart Rate*
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Patient Acuity
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Young Adult