The profound toll COVID-19 has had on heart health is only now starting to emerge. Doctors are grappling with how to help. “We are seeing effects on the heart and the vascular system that really outnumber, unfortunately, effects on other organ systems.”
Dr. Susan Cheng, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, describes the profound toll COVID-19 has taken on the nation’s heart health.
Firefighter and paramedic Mike Camilleri once had no trouble hauling heavy gear up ladders. Now battling long COVID, he gingerly steps onto a treadmill to learn how his heart handles a simple walk. Hoping that helped explain some of Camilleri’s symptoms, Verma prescribed some heart medicines that dilate blood vessels and others to dampen that fight-or-flight response.
Camilleri said he noticed some improvement as Verma mixed and matched prescriptions based on his reactions. But then a second bout with COVID-19 in the spring caused even more health problems, a disability that forced him to retire.How big is the post-COVID heart risk? To find out, Al-Aly analyzed medical records from a massive Veterans Administration database.
More recent research confirms the need to better understand and address these cardiac aftershocks. An analysis this spring of a large U.S. insurance database found long COVID patients were about twice as likely to seek care for cardiovascular problems including blood clots, abnormal heartbeats or stroke in the year after infection, compared to similar patients who’d avoided COVID-19.
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