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J Transl Int Med
. 2021 Dec 31;9(4):285-293.
doi: 10.2478/jtim-2021-0042. eCollection 2021 Dec 1.
Elevated resting heart rates are a risk factor for mortality among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China
Han Jin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shengwen Yang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fan Yang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Long Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haoyu Weng[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shengcong Liu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fangfang Fan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haichao Li[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Xizi Zheng[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Hongyu Yang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yan Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jing Zhou[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jianping Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Background: We evaluated the association between higher resting heart rates (RHRs) and adverse events in COVID-19 patients.
Methods: One hundred and thirty-six patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were admitted. Outcomes of patients with different RHRs were compared.
Results: Twenty-nine patients had RHRs of <80 bpm (beat per min), 85 had 80-99 bpm and 22 had ≥100 bpm as tachycardia. Those with higher RHRs had lower pulse oxygen saturation (SpO[SUB]2[/SUB]) and higher temperatures, and there was a higher proportion of men upon admission (all P < 0.05). Patients with higher RHRs showed higher white blood cell counts and D-dimer, cardiac troponin I (TnI), N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and hypersensitive C-reactive protein levels, but lower albumin levels (all P < 0.05) after admission. During follow-up, 26 patients died (mortality rate, 19.1%). The mortality rate was significantly higher among patients with tachycardia than among the moderate and low RHR groups (all P < 0.001). Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that the risks of death and ventilation use increased for patients with tachycardia (P < 0.001). Elevated RHR as a continuous variable and a mean RHR as tachycardia were independent risk factors for mortality and ventilator use (all P < 0.05) in the multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression model.
Conclusions: Elevated average RHRs during the first 3 days of hospitalisation were associated with adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Average RHRs as tachycardia can independently predict all-cause mortality.
Keywords: coronavirus disease 2019; prognosis; resting heart rate; risk factor; tachycardia.
. 2021 Dec 31;9(4):285-293.
doi: 10.2478/jtim-2021-0042. eCollection 2021 Dec 1.
Elevated resting heart rates are a risk factor for mortality among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China
Han Jin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shengwen Yang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Fan Yang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Long Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haoyu Weng[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shengcong Liu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fangfang Fan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Haichao Li[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Xizi Zheng[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Hongyu Yang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yan Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jing Zhou[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jianping Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35136727
- PMCID: PMC8802402
- DOI: 10.2478/jtim-2021-0042
Abstract
Background: We evaluated the association between higher resting heart rates (RHRs) and adverse events in COVID-19 patients.
Methods: One hundred and thirty-six patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were admitted. Outcomes of patients with different RHRs were compared.
Results: Twenty-nine patients had RHRs of <80 bpm (beat per min), 85 had 80-99 bpm and 22 had ≥100 bpm as tachycardia. Those with higher RHRs had lower pulse oxygen saturation (SpO[SUB]2[/SUB]) and higher temperatures, and there was a higher proportion of men upon admission (all P < 0.05). Patients with higher RHRs showed higher white blood cell counts and D-dimer, cardiac troponin I (TnI), N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and hypersensitive C-reactive protein levels, but lower albumin levels (all P < 0.05) after admission. During follow-up, 26 patients died (mortality rate, 19.1%). The mortality rate was significantly higher among patients with tachycardia than among the moderate and low RHR groups (all P < 0.001). Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that the risks of death and ventilation use increased for patients with tachycardia (P < 0.001). Elevated RHR as a continuous variable and a mean RHR as tachycardia were independent risk factors for mortality and ventilator use (all P < 0.05) in the multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression model.
Conclusions: Elevated average RHRs during the first 3 days of hospitalisation were associated with adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Average RHRs as tachycardia can independently predict all-cause mortality.
Keywords: coronavirus disease 2019; prognosis; resting heart rate; risk factor; tachycardia.