
Covid and Heart Damage
(It’s not rare)
“Some medical experts have speculated that in ‘rare’ cases, such incidents could be linked to post COVID complications.”
This study investigates cardiac risk in recovered COVID-19 patients using non-invasive imaging.
Among 33 recovered COVID-19 patients with no prior heart conditions, two-thirds showed increased cardiac sympathetic activity.
Heart attacks are striking young Americans at “alarming levels.”
Heart attacks in people aged 18-44 years old increased by 66% between 2019 and 2023.
Study finds that HDL from Long COVID patients promotes key steps in early atherosclerosis.
Monocytes migrate more and take up more lipids, suggesting dysfunctional HDL may contribute to heart disease risk in Long COVID.
Even with mild symptoms during the acute phase, COVID still causes damage that gets missed with standard diagnostics.
In this study, all 15 patients had blood flow irregularities in their hearts after a COVID infection with mild symptoms.
And that's just scratching the surface.
A study of 343 people with mild COVID-19 found subtle but significant heart function changes months later.
“In conclusion, SARS-CoV-2 has a profound and multifaceted impact on cardiac tissue, mediated primarily through the Spike protein's interaction with the ACE2 receptor.”
“The virus not only causes direct damage to the heart by infecting cardiomyocytes but also triggers significant systemic effects that can exacerbate preexisting cardiovascular conditions.”
“The extensive expression of ACE2 in heart cells underpins the high susceptibility of cardiac tissues to SARS-CoV-2, leading to a range of complications from myocarditis to severe myocardial dysfunction.”