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    <language>eng</language>
    <publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
    <journalTitle>American Journal of Medical Case Reports</journalTitle>
    <eissn>2374-216X</eissn>
    <publicationDate>2021-02-04</publicationDate>
    <volume>9</volume>
    <issue>4</issue>
    <startPage>263</startPage>
    <endPage>267</endPage>
    <doi>10.12691/ajmcr-9-4-15</doi>
    <publisherRecordId>AJMCR20219415</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Syncope Associated with Sinus Nodal Dysfunction in a COVID-19 Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature</title>
    <authors>
      <author>
        <name>Andrew V. Doodnauth</name>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Ahmad Jallad</name>
        <affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Dahlia Rizk</name>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Emmanuel Valery</name>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Samy I. McFarlane</name>
        <email>Smcfarlane@downstte.edu</email>
        <affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
    </authors>
    <affiliationsList>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York: Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States- 11203</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="2">Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrophysiology Section, State University of New York: Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States- 11203</affiliationName>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="3">Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine NY, NY 10003</affiliationName>
    </affiliationsList>
    <abstract language="eng">COVID-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with significant cardiovascular dysfunction in patients with, and without, pre-existing cardiovascular disease [1]. There are now well-documented cardiac complications of COVID-19 infection which include myocarditis, heart failure, and acute coronary syndrome [2]. There is growing evidence showing that arrhythmias are also one of the major complications of COVID-19. We report a patient with no known cardiac conduction disease who presented with syncope, positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR, who was persistently bradycardic and subsequently developed sinus node dysfunction (SND). To date, there are a limited number of reports of sinus node dysfunction (SND) associated with COVID-19. We describe the clinical characteristics, potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and management of COVID-19 patients who experienced de novo SND.</abstract>
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    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword>COVID-19</keyword>
      <keyword>SARS-CoV-2</keyword>
      <keyword>bradycardic</keyword>
      <keyword>sinus node dysfunction (SND)</keyword>
    </keywords>
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