COVID-19 linked to cardiac injury, worse outcomes for patients with heart conditions

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uoth-clt032620.php

News Release 27-Mar-2020
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

COVID-19 can have fatal consequences for people with underlying cardiovascular disease and cause cardiac injury even in patients without underlying heart conditions, according to a review published today in JAMA Cardiology by experts at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

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"Overall, injury to heart muscle can happen in any patient with or without heart disease, but the risk is higher in those who already have heart disease."

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