Key result
A young patient with no prior cardiovascular disease developed ventricular tachycardia after COVID-19 resolution, presenting as a cardiac manifestation of long-hauler COVID-19.
Why the study?
While acute COVID-19 has been linked to ventricular arrhythmias, ventricular tachycardia presenting as a late manifestation of long-hauler COVID-19 remains poorly characterized.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the potential for ventricular tachycardia as a late cardiac manifestation of long-hauler COVID-19 in young patients without prior cardiovascular disease.
Alerts clinicians to possible late VT in young post-COVID patients; hypothesis-generating case report leaving need for prospective studies open.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus has been associated with heart disease. Reports have shown an increased incidence of arrhythmias following COVID-19. In fact, cardiac injury is suggested to be a driver of the arrhythmogenic substrate, and some case reports showed development of ventricular arrhythmias following COVID-19 in acute settings. However, recent literature is defining a new entity: long-haulers COVID, as many patients are reporting at least one residual symptom after COVID-19 resolution (1). In this context, we report the case of a patient who developed ventricular tachycardia after COVID-19 resolution, presenting as a cardiac manifestation of long-hauler COVID-19.
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Hajjar et al. (2024) conducted a case report in COVID-19 and Ventricular Tachycardia (n=1). COVID-19 was evaluated on Development of ventricular tachycardia. A young patient with no prior cardiovascular disease developed ventricular tachycardia after COVID-19 resolution, presenting as a cardiac manifestation of long-hauler COVID-19.
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