Critically ill Covid-19 patients ‘more likely to develop heart rhythm disorders’

Scientists say their findings differ from early reports that showed a high incidence of arrhythmias among all Covid-19 patients.

Cardiac arrests or heart rhythm disorders in patients in hospital with coronavirus are likely triggered by a severe, systemic form of the disease, research suggests.

Covid-19 patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit were more likely than other coronavirus patients taken to hospital to suffer from the conditions, the study also found.