A Case of Paroxysmal Complete Atrioventricular Block in a COVID-19
Patient
Hong Nyun Kim1, Myung Hwan Bae1,2,
Bo Eun Park1, and Jaehee Lee3
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal
Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
2Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine,
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
3Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal
Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine,
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
Abstract A patient with coronavirus disease 2019 showed
complete atrioventricular block on electrocardiogram. The patient was
undergoing mechanical ventilator treatment for severe hypoxia.
Intrathoracic pressure was reduced by adjusting the tidal volume and the
positive end-expiratory pressure of the mechanical ventilator. After
that, complete atrioventricular block didn’t occur during the
hospitalization.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, acute respiratory distress
syndrome, arrhythmia, paroxysmal complete atrioventricular block