Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling COVID-19 Patients
By APRIL 6, 2020
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While the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on respiratory problems and securing enough ventilators, doctors on the front lines are grappling with a new medical mystery.
In addition to lung damage, many COVID-19 patients are also developing heart problems — and dying of cardiac arrest.
As more data comes in from China and Italy, as well as Washington state and New York, more cardiac experts are coming to believe the COVID-19 virus can infect the heart muscle. An initial study found cardiac damage in as many as 1 in 5 patients, leading to heart failure and death even among those who show no signs of respiratory distress.
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Kidney will be added to that list as well. Anything concerning blood pressure will be affected.
The long term damage is yet to be assessed
The damage to the heart can well be why China after finding and writing of chloroquinine in Feb are reluctant to use that on covid19 patients because of the known side effects. That the Dotard been pushing for that as if there is no tomorrow.