1. Introduction
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pneumonia outbreak caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and began in December 2019.1 Although the main involvement is in the respiratory system, there are also many other systemic manifestations including cardiac problems. Acute cardiac injury, which is defined by troponin I elevation has recently been reported with increased hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19.2–4
The incidence of cardiac arrhythmia was reported at a rate of 16.7% in patients with COVID-19 and the incidence increases up to 44.4% in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting.5 Similarly, in another study, cardiac arrhythmia was reported in 18.5% of 130 patients who had mechanical ventilation requirements.6