Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Severe Covid Illness with Normal Heart Rate- An Unusual Phenomenon: Findings from a Hospital Based Observational Study
Suhail Mantoo Arif Rehman Sheikh Umar Hafiz, Afshan Shabir, Nazia Mehfooz, Muzaffar Bindroo, Farhana Siraj, Mudasir Qadri, Ajaz Nabi Koul, Mushtaq Dangroo, FayazSofi, Sanaullah Shah, Rafi Jan
JCDR. 2023: 112-121
Abstract
Patients having severe covid-19 illness usually develop tachycardia as an integral part of systemic inflammatory response syndrome associated with this disease and presence of tachycardia has even been proposed as a prognostic marker in these patients. However, we observed that a significant proportion of patients do not develop tachycardic response. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of this non-tachycardic response in severe covid illness and discern the possible reasons for this phenomenon
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