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COVID-19 increases the risk of heart attack and stroke years after infection, a new study finds. ... Heart disease, which includes heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of death in the U.S
“A COVID-19 infection can directly damage the heart,” Dr. Harlan Krumholz said.
You likely think of COVID-19 as a "respiratory disease," but the coronavirus has been shown to infect the heart, as well as the lungs, and new research reveals just how much damage it can do. New ...
When COVID-19 first emerged, it was thought to be a respiratory disease primarily affecting the lungs. But as time went on and its list of symptoms reported grew longer, scientists learned that ...
Long COVID is an often severe multisystem disease with a large set of symptoms. There are likely various, possibly coinciding, causes. [76] Organ damage from the acute infection can explain a part of the symptoms, but long COVID is also observed in people where organ damage seems to be absent. [77]
During COVID-19, the other indirect mechanisms thought to contribute to myocarditis include: oxygen supply-demand mismatch to the heart muscle leading to myocardial (heart muscle) injury; microvascular thrombi, or blood clots in the small blood vessels of the heart causing injury; the systemic hyperinflammatory state in Covid-19 leading to ...
Patients with COVID-19 frequently experience heart issues. [8] According to studies, people who have had previous cardiovascular conditions like cardiomyopathy, hypertension, coronary heart disease, or arrhythmia are more likely to become critically ill from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Myocarditis may result from a direct viral infection of the ...
Covid is linked to heart problems and inflammation. Scientists found that the infection messes up how the heart beats. Similar damage in the brain may lead to brain fog.