Spiked Helmet sign in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection

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Spiked helmet sign, voltage artifact, COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction: The “spiked helmet” sign is an elevation of the isoelectric line preceding the QRS complexes, followed by a peaked R wave and convex elevation of the ST segment.

Clinical case: This is an 87-year-old patient who was admitted to an intensive care unit with a diagnosis of septic shock due to COVID-19; A “spiked helmet” sign is confirmed, and metabolic acidosis is noted in the ionogram.

Conclusions: This sign is an electrical alteration that resembles acute myocardial infarction, with transient ST-segment disorders without evidence of myocardial injury, which can appear in situations such as severe COVID-19 infection.

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Author Biographies

Luis Mariano de la Torre Fonseca, Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de la Habana Hospital Universitario Manuel Fajardo

Especialista de Primer Grado en Cardiología 

Especialista en Primer Grado en Medicin General Integral 

Profesor Asistente 

Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos 

Kendry Janero Moliner, Instituto de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular

Especalista de I Grado en Angiología y Cirugía Vascular

Wendy Guadalupe Castañeta Palmer, Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico Comandante Manuel Fajardo

Especialista de IPrimer Grado en Coloproctología.

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2024-07-29

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de la Torre Fonseca LM, Janero Moliner K, Castañeta Palmer WG. Spiked Helmet sign in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2024 Jul. 29 [cited 2025 Sep. 1];43. Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/2663

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