How the virus behind COVID-19 can harm your blood vessels and your heart
“How the virus behind COVID-19 can harm your blood vessels and your heart”
How the virus behind COVID-19 can harm your blood vessels and your heart
Even mild COVID raises the chance of heart attack and stroke. What to know about the risks ahead
“Between 30 days and a year after recovery from COVID, survivors were 52% more likely to have a stroke, 63% more likely to have a heart attack, and 72% more likely to develop heart failure.”
COVID-19 in the Initiation and Progression of Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology During and Beyond the Acute Phase
SARS-CoV-2 infection can markedly influence the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic lesions.
- Endothelial dysfunction, platelet activation, and persistent inflammation are potential drivers of increased atherosclerosis following COVID-19.
‘Prevalence of youth suffering heart attacks goes up post-Covid’
"The prevalence of young patients with heart attacks has increased post-Covid...even if the person feels that he has recovered, he may not realise that the virus causes some changes in the endothelium that can cause heart attack & stroke."