The team stressed that all patients in the study were in hospital and had suspected heart complications.As a result of their scan, one third of patients had their treatment changed, including being given medicines for heart failure, or more careful control of fluids and therapy to support heart function.
Professor Marc Dweck, who led the research, said:"COVID-19 is a complex, multi-system disease which can have profound effects on many parts of the body, including the heart."He said many doctors have been hesitant to order echocardiograms for patients with COVID-19 because it is an added procedure which involves close contact with patients.
"Our work shows that these scans are important - they improved the treatment for a third of patients who received them," he added."Damage to the heart is known to occur in severe flu, but we were surprised to see so many patients with damage to their heart with COVID-19 and so many patients with severe dysfunction.
"We now need to understand the exact mechanism of this damage, whether it is reversible and what the long-term consequences of COVID-19 infection are on the heart."
Would have thought that any major stress on the body like Covid may affect the heart, especially if you've had assisted breathing
I had coronavirus. It's really. It was itchy as hell.
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