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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">97</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Bulgarian Cardiology</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">Bulgarian Cardiology</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1310-7488</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2683-1015</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Bulgarian Society of Cardiology</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/bgcardio.27.e64765</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">64765</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Review Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Arrhythmias (аритмии)</subject>
        </subj-group>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Arrhythmias in COVID-19</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Traykov</surname>
            <given-names>Vassil</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">vtraykov@yahoo.com</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9523-6416</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Gelev</surname>
            <given-names>Valeri</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria</addr-line>
        <institution>Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Sofia</addr-line>
        <country>Bulgaria</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Vassil Traykov (<email xlink:type="simple">vtraykov@yahoo.com</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: Tchavdar Shalganov</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2021</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>07</day>
        <month>04</month>
        <year>2021</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>27</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>39</fpage>
      <lpage>56</lpage>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Vassil Traykov, Valeri Gelev</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>Coronavirus pandemic has led to the accumulation of substantial evidence about the arrhythmogenic potential of COVID-19. Arrhythmias in COVID-19 develop more frequently in severely and critically ill patients. Hypoxia, direct or indirect myocardial injury as well as the role of immune response to the virus are among the possible mechanisms of arrhythmia. Although management of these arrhythmias during the pandemic does not differ signiﬁ cantly from the currently accepted standard of care, the potential for drug interactions and the impact of some antiviral medications on the QTc interval should be taken into consideration. The current review aims to summarize the available evidence and provide practical guidance on the management of arrhythmia patients with COVID-19.</p>
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