Inflammation a Culprit in Long COVID Heart Problems

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— Prospective study illuminates mechanisms of lingering heart issues after mild COVID-19

While long COVID holds many mysteries, researchers found clues to the heart symptoms common in these patients, which pointed to ongoing inflammation as the mediator.

In a cohort of 346 previously healthy patients with initially mild COVID-19, most seen for lingering symptoms a median of around 4 months later, structural heart disease and elevated biomarkers for cardiac injury or dysfunction were rare. Read the full story in MedPage Today.

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