New Australian study to investigate COVID-19 links with heart disease

A nationwide study will investigate whether cardiovascular disease patients are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 infection.

More than 20 hospitals around the country have agreed to take part, and Professor Bhindi hopes to involve more than 800 patients in the study. Professor Bhindi, an interventional cardiologist at Royal North Shore Hospital and a University of Sydney researcher, said the study could also help provide a level of reassurance for people with heart disease, such as giving them more information about the safety of their cardiac medication and COVID-19.Living with heart disease has made Matthew Gray scrupulous about taking every precaution to prevent being infected with COVID-19.

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