COVID: ?longterm cardiac and neuro effects
A recent article examined some potential long-term cardiac problems from Covid-19 infection ( see covid myocardial injury jacc2020 in dropbox, or doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.069 ) Details: -- 305 patients from 7 hospitals in New York City and Milan who had PCR-positive Covid-19 infection as well as transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) and electrocardiographic evaluation, from March to May 2020 --190 had myocardial injury (d efined as any elevation of cardiac troponin above the normal reference limits either at the time of clinical presentation or during hospitalization ), 115 did not -- mean age 63 (those with myocardial injury were older: 66 vs 58), 67% male, 57% white/14% black/9% Asian/27% Hispanic, BMI 28 -- underlying medical problems without significant difference between those with and without myocardial injury: prior MI 7%, prior PCI 11%, prior stroke 10%, COPD 6%, history of atrial fibrillation 10%, asthma 9%, hi...