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indian heart journal
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Abstract
Background: Post-COVID-19 syndrome represents a wide range of ongoing symptoms that
persist beyond weeks or even months, after recovery from the acute phase. Postural orthostatic
tachycardia (POT) is one of these symptoms with a poorly recognized underlying
pathophysiology.
Purpose: We aimed to investigate atrial electromechanical delay (AEMD), demonstrated by
electrocardiographic P wave dispersion (PWD) and tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE) in
patients with POSTCOVID- 19 POT (PCPOT).
Methods: 94 post-COVID-19 patients were enrolled and classified into two groups; PCPOT
group, 34 (36.1%) patients, and normal heart rate (NR group), 60 (63.9%) patients. 31.9% of
them were males and 68.1% were females, with a mean age of 35 ± 9 years. Both groups were
compared in terms of PWD and AEMD.
Results: As compared to the NR group, the PCPOT group showed a significant increase in
PWD (49 ± 6
versus 25.6 ± 7.8, p < 0.001), higher CRP (37 ± 9 versus 30 ± 6, p ¼ 0.04), prolonged left-atrial
EMD, right atrial EMD and inter-atrial EMD at (p ¼ 0.006, 0.001, 0.002 respectively).
Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that P wave dispersion (b 0.505, CI
(0.224e1.138), p ¼ 0.023), PA lateral (b 0.357, CI (0.214e0.697), p ¼ 0.005), PA septal (b
0.651, CI. (0.325e0.861), p ¼ 0.021), and intra-left atrial EMD (b 0.535, CI (0.353e1.346) p <
0.012) were independent predictors of PCPOT.
Conclusion: Atrial heterogenicity in the form of prolonged AEMD and PWD seems to be a
reasonable underlying pathophysiology of PCPOT. This could provide a new concern during
the management and novel pharmacological approaches in these patients.
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