The role of electrocardiography in the management of patients with COVID-19, observation from practice
The aim of the work was to determine the role of electrocardiography (ECG) in the management of patients with COVID-19. According to previous studies, patients with COVID-19 have myocardial injury, shock, arrhythmias, that’s why later most of these patients required intensive care. It was found that damage to the cardiovascular system can be diagnosed in 40% of patients who died from COVID-19 infection [3]. At the same time, as the mechanisms of the cardiotoxic effect of COVID-19, we can observe both the primary effect associated with the direct effect of the virus, and the secondary effect on the myocardium, due to the pathogenetic treatment being carried out, which leads to changes that can be timely recorded using ECG, an affordable, economically a low-cost, fast-performing method, which, moreover, can be carried out remotely, that is especially important in an infectious diseases department.