Safety and heart rate changes in Covid-19 patients treated with Remdesivir.


Journal

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1878-3511
Titre abrégé: Int J Infect Dis
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 9610933

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Historique:
received: 03 07 2021
revised: 11 09 2021
accepted: 15 09 2021
pubmed: 23 9 2021
medline: 15 12 2021
entrez: 22 9 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Limited data are available regarding the occurrence and the extent of cardiac rhythm disturbances in patients with COVID-19 treated with Remdesivir. We present a case series of 52 patients who underwent daily electrocardiogram (ECG) examination after Remdesivir administration. Compared to baseline, a significant heart rate reduction was observed after initiation of Remdesivir; however, no case of severe bradycardia or arrhythmias leading to significant clinical complications or Remdesivir discontinuation occurred. Heart rate reduction was proportional to baseline heart rate values (r=0.75, p<0.001). By multivariate analysis, a less severe clinical presentation of Covid-19 (beta=0.47, p<0.01) was related to lower heart rate levels observed after Remdesivir administration. Despite a significant reduction in heart rate observed after Remdesivir administration, no severe cardiovascular toxicity was observed in Covid-19 patients, even in the case of cardiovascular comorbidities.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34551344
pii: S1201-9712(21)00741-4
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.036
pmc: PMC8451471
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antiviral Agents 0
remdesivir 3QKI37EEHE
Adenosine Monophosphate 415SHH325A
Alanine OF5P57N2ZX

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

254-257

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Natale Daniele Brunetti (ND)

Department of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: natale.brunetti@unifg.it.

Mariacristina Poliseno (M)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: polisenomc@gmail.com.

Irene Francesca Bottalico (IF)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: ibott4@gmail.com.

Antonio Centola (A)

Cardiology Department, Policlinico Riuniti University Hospital, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: centola.antonio79@gmail.com.

Laura Montemurro (L)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: laura.monty91@gmail.com.

Salvatore Sica (S)

Infectious Diseases Unit Policlinico Riuniti University Hospital, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: salvatoresica@libero.it.

Teresa Santantonio (T)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: teresa.santantonio@unifg.it.

Sergio Lo Caputo (S)

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: sergio.locaputo@unifg.it.

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