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ReviewJournal of electrocardiology

Value of electrocardiography in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Sohaib Haseeb, Enes Elvin Gul, Göksel Çinier, George Bazoukis, Jesus Alvarez-Garcia, Sebastian Garcia-Zamora, Sharen Lee, Cynthia Yeung, Tong Liu, Gary Tse and 2 more

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Review in Journal of electrocardiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Alternative Lead ECG Placements.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2026
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  15. The Value and Applicability of the Electrocardiography in Revealing the Cardiac Involvement of COVID-19 Patients.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2021
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  16. Repolarization abnormalities on admission predict 1-year outcome in COVID-19 patients.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 10 institutions in 9 countries.

Sohaib HaseebCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Enes Elvin GulDivision of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Madinah Cardiac Centre, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Göksel ÇinierDepartment of Cardiology, Dr Siyami Ersek Hospital Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
George BazoukisSecond Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Jesus Alvarez-GarciaIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA; Cardiology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, CIBERCV, Barcelona, Spain.
Sebastian Garcia-ZamoraSouth American Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular Health (CESCAS), Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sharen LeeLaboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology, Chinese University Shenzhen Research Institute, PR China.
Cynthia YeungHeart Rhythm Service, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Tong LiuTianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, PR China.
Gary TseTianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, PR China. Electronic address: gary.tse@doctors.org.uk.
Adrian BaranchukHeart Rhythm Service, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: Adrian.Baranchuk@kingstonhsc.ca.
International Society of Electrocardiology Young Community (ISE-YC)
Kingston General Hospital · CAChinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · CNDr. Siyami Ersek Göğüs Kalp Ve Damar Cerrahisi Eğitim Ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TREvangelismos Hospital · GRInstituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria · ARJames Cook University · AUMount Sinai Hospital · USSaud Al-babtain Cardiac Centre · SASecond Hospital of Tianjin Medical University · CNTianjin Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In December 2019, reports of an unknown pneumonia not responsive to traditional treatments arose in Wuhan, China. The pathogen was subsequently identified as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), known to be responsible for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) illness, and public health emergency of international concern was declared by the World Health Organization. There is increasing awareness of the cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19 disease, and the adverse impact of cardiovascular involvement on its prognosis. In this setting, the electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the leading tools to assess the extent of cardiac involvement in COVID-19 patients, due to its wide disponibility, low cost, and the possibility of remote evaluation. In this article, we review the role of the ECG in the identification of cardiac involvement in COVID-19, highlighting relevant clinical implications.

Indexed as

ElectrocardiographyCardiovascular DiseasesCOVID-19HumansPrognosisSARS-CoV-2ArrhythmiaCOVID-19ElectrocardiogramPandemicsQT intervalSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32805546
PMCPMC7409871
OpenAlexW3047298504

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