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Covid-19 leaves its impact on the heart, raising fears of lasting damage – STAT
Two new studies suggest the possibility of long-term damage after people recover from Covid-19, even if it was not severe enough to require hospitalization.
Two new studies from Germany paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes on the heart, raising the specter of long-term damage after people recover, even if their illness was not severe enough to require hospitalization.
One study examined the cardiac MRIs of 100 people who had recovered from Covid-19 and compared them to heart images from 100 people who were similar but not infected with the virus. Their average age was 49 and two-thirds of the patients had recovered at home. More…
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