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