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cord-284175-5rre1kbn	Elsaid, Ossama	Ventricular Fibrillation Storm in Coronavirus 2019	2020-08-29		.txt	text/plain	1089	87	37	Herein, we describe the clinical course of an otherwise healthy patient who experienced persistent ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation which is believed to be directly related to inflammation, as opposed to acute myocardial injury or medications that can prolong the QT interval. One study reported ventricular tachycardia (VT)/VF in 5.9% (11/187) of COVID-19 patients (Table 2 3-9 ), with elevated troponin-T increasing risk, suggesting that myocardial injury precipitates arrhythmia 2 . Tocilizumab was shown to have a robust shortening of the QTc prolongation induced by abundant inflammatory cytokines in patients with acute rheumatoid arthritis 16 . As such, this report suggests that the hyper-inflammatory state in COVID-19 patients can induce ventricular arrhythmias, which may cease abruptly following a reduction in inflammation, in our case from convalescent serum and/or hydrocortisone therapy. QT interval prolongation and torsade de pointes in patients with COVID-19 treated with hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin	./cache/cord-284175-5rre1kbn.txt	./txt/cord-284175-5rre1kbn.txt