In the year after taking COVID-19, patients have a higher risk of developing 20 heart problems, a new study found.
These problems include stroke, heart attack, myocarditis, and irregular heart rhythms, according to a study by the University of Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis. Louis. Study authors estimate COVID infections have caused 3 million cases of heart disease in the United States
According to the study, younger and healthier people were at risk, as were those who were not hospitalized by COVID.
Following a COVID infection last year, Dr. Evelina Grayver became a patient on her own heart program at Northwell Health in New York City. Grayver, a marathon runner, could not even climb the stairs.
“I literally felt like I had just run a marathon, that my heart was just pounding,” he told CBS News. “I decided to stop playing my own doctor and seek medical help.”
Grayver had long-term COVID and was diagnosed with myocarditis or inflammation of the heart muscle. His heart was not working normally.
“It was very scary,” he said. “We know the risk of sudden cardiac death myocarditis. My first night was one of fear. I kept thinking to myself, ‘Please let me wake up in the morning.'”
He is concerned that heart problems may increase for patients who have been exposed and infected with COVID.
“We’re literally starting to scratch the surface of everything,” he said.
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