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COVID-19 Causing Heart Damage To Many Patients, New Findings Reveal COVID-19 Causing Heart Damage To Many Patients, New Findings Reveal
Covid-19 Causing Heart Damage To Many Patients, New Findings Reveal COVID-19 is causing more heart damage than previously believed, according to new findings being highlighted by the American Heart Association. Injury to the heart and inflammation of the vascular system and occurs in 20 to 30 percent of all hospitalized COVID patients, with the heart damage resulting in 40 percent of COVID deaths, the AHA said. The risk of death from COVID-related heart damage appears to be as or more important than other risk factors for COVID fatalities, such as age, diabetes mellitus, chronic pulmonary disease or prior history of cardiovascular disease, the AHA note…

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by Joe Lombardi