Inflammatory cytokines and cardiac arrhythmias: the lesson from COVID-19.

Nat Rev Immunol

Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Published: May 2022

Although inflammatory cytokines are implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiac arrhythmias, inflammation is still largely overlooked in the current management of heart rhythm disorders. Now, COVID-19, a systemic inflammatory disease, causes an unexpectedly high prevalence of arrhythmic events, emphasizing the relevance of inflammation in the pathogenesis of cardiac arrhythmias.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959266PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41577-022-00714-3DOI Listing

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