Health
MRI Shows Heart Damage in Nearly Half of Patients with Severe COVID-19 – Diagnostic Imaging
MRI scans reveal myocarditis, scarring, infarction, and ischemia in recovered patients with elevated troponin levels.
Roughly 50 percent of patients who recover after being hospitalized with severe COVID-19 suffer heart damage. MRI scans, conducted at least one month post-discharge, show patients who have elevated levels of troponin show evidence of heart injury.
The amount of troponin, a protein that is released into the bloodstream when the heart muscle is injured, typically rises when arteries are blocked or when the heart is inflamed. The damage seen in COVID-19 patients includes myocarditis, muscle scarring…
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