12-lead Electrocardiogram in Hospitalized COVID 19 Patients

COVID-19 pandemic resulted in considerable morbidity and mortality. We analyzed 345 Electrocardiograms of 100 COVID-19 patients admitted to our tertiary care center in Detroit, during the initial month of Covid-19. Findings were correlated with mortality, cardiac injury and inflammatory markers. Our cohort included 61% males and 77% African Americans. The median age and BMI were 66 years (57-74) and 31 kg/m2 (26.1-39), respectively. We observed atrial arrhythmias in 29% of the patients (17% new onset), First degree heart block in 12%, ST-T segment changes in 17%, S1Q3T3 pattern in 19%, premature ventricular complexes in 23%, premature atrial complexes in 13%, Q waves in 27%, T wave inversion in 42% of the cases. While presence of premature atrial complexes or left atrial abnormality correlated with mortality (P = 0.02 & 0.03, respectively), other findings did not show significant correlation in this small cohort of patients.