New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Early Mortality Rate in COVID-19 Patients: Association with IL-6 Serum Levels and Respiratory Distress

New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Early Mortality Rate in COVID-19 Patients: Association with IL-6 Serum Levels and Respiratory Distress

<i>Background and objectives</i>: COVID-19 is associated with an aberrant inflammatory response that may trigger new-onset cardiac arrhythmias. The aim of this study was to assess the mortality risk in hospitalized COVID-19 patients according to IL-6 serum levels and new-onset atrial fib...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Bagnato, Egidio Imbalzano, Caterina Oriana Aragona, Carmelo Ioppolo, Pierpaolo Di Micco, Daniela La Rosa, Francesco Costa, Antonio Micari, Simona Tomeo, Natalia Zirilli, Angela Sciacqua, Tommaso D’Angelo, Irene Cacciola, Alessandra Bitto, Natasha Irrera, Vincenzo Russo, William Neal Roberts, Sebastiano Gangemi, Antonio Giovanni Versace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
COVID-19
atrial fibrillation
mortality risk
interleukin 6
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/4/530

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