id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-328307-378cfb23 Shirazi, Samira Sudden cardiac death in COVID-19 patients, a report of three cases 2020-07-03 .txt text/plain 1982 138 51 title: Sudden cardiac death in COVID-19 patients, a report of three cases Recently, an Italian group reported that during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 a 58% increase in out-ofhospital cardiac arrest cases occurred when compared with the same period in 2019. In the present study, we reported sudden cardiac death, which is not the dominant mode of death, in three patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to Shahid Mostafa Khomeini Hospital of Ilam in March and April 2020. Many studies have reported pneumonia and acute respiratory distress as the main causes of death in COVID-19 patients. reported death due to cardiac failure in a patient with COVID-19 who had no history of cardiovascular problems. Death due to sudden cardiac arrest is not common, but possible, in COVID-19 patients. • Herein we reported three sudden cardiac deaths among 353 proved COVID-19 patients in our institution. Cardiac involvement in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ./cache/cord-328307-378cfb23.txt ./txt/cord-328307-378cfb23.txt