CONCLUSIONS
During
lockdown period due to COVID-19 pandemics, an higher incidence of atrial
and ventricular arrhythmias was observed in AICD and ICD/CRT-D patients
followed up by remote monitoring . These results, probably related to
lockdown social and psychological “high-stress conditions”, warrant
further scientific investigation and closer monitoring of subjects with
advanced cardiac disease and at risk of sudden cardiac death during
periods of such restrictive daily life limitations.
Conflict of interest: none declared.