著者

Yu-Feng Hu Wen-Han Cheng Yuan Hung Wen-Yu Lin Tze-Fan Chao Jo-Nan Liao Yenn-Jiang Lin Wei-Shiang Lin Yi-Jen Chen Shih-Ann Chen

出版者

The Japanese Circulation Society

雑誌

Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.CJ-20-0566, (Released:2020-09-09)

参考文献数

64

被引用文献数

17

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The health crisis due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has shocked the world, with more than 1 million infections and casualties. COVID-19 can present from mild illness to multi-organ involvement, but especially acute respiratory distress syndrome. Cardiac injury and arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF), are not uncommon in COVID-19. COVID-19 is highly contagious, and therapy against the virus remains premature and largely unknown, which makes the management of AF patients during the pandemic particularly challenging. We describe a possible pathophysiological link between COVID-19 and AF, and therapeutic considerations for AF patients during this pandemic.