Heart Patients More At Risk Of Coronavirus: Report

by GoNews Desk Apr 07, 2020 • 06:25 PM Views 1027

A recent study on heart problems among coronavirus patients in Wuhan, China, published in JAMA Cardiology has found that the novel coronavirus can damage the heart muscle without blocking the arteries, leading to what is normally called a heart attack.Dr OP Yadav, CEO, National Heart Institute, New Delhi, while raising the possibility of direct heart damage by the virus, underlines that the COVID-19 can infect the heart muscle influencing a heart failure and even death.

It has also been found that those with heart arteries blockage or heart patients are prone to elevated cholesterol plagues formation due to coronavirus, leading to cardiac failure, he said.