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Severe Covid-19 raises odds for dangerous heart conditions 10-fold – Health24
Patients with critical Covid-19 experience a ‘cytokine storm’, which appears to be the cause of the increase in heart rhythm disorders, rather than the virus itself.
- Severe Covid-19 is linked to heart problems
- This is especially notable in patients intensive care, much more than in patients in general wards
- It appears that a systemic inflammatory response is responsible for heart problems, not the virus itself
Doctors have long noted links between severe Covid-19 and heart trouble, but a new study helps quantify the magnitude of the problem.
The study of hundreds of hospitalised patients found that cardiac arrest and hear…
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